Universities in Arizona
Arizona has 106 postsecondary institutions reporting to the U.S. Department of Education: 29 public, 14 private nonprofit, 63 for-profit, together enrolling about 531,677 undergraduates (2024-25 data). Each links to a full financial-health and student-outcomes profile.
| # | Institution | Sector | Undergrads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix · Special Focus: Business | Private for-profit | 85,991 |
| 2 | Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix · Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Large | Private | 73,371 |
| 3 | Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe · R1: Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production | Public | 64,674 |
| 4 | Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale · Mixed Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Large | Public | 53,782 |
| 5 | University of ArizonaTucson · R1: Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production | Public | 42,537 |
| 6 | Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff · R1: Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production | Public | 22,903 |
| 7 | The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler · Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Large | Public | 20,152 |
| 8 | Mesa Community CollegeMesa · Mixed Associate Large | Public | 14,460 |
| 9 | Pima Community CollegeTucson · Mixed Associate Large | Public | 14,242 |
| 10 | Glendale Community CollegeGlendale · Mixed Associate Large | Public | 11,975 |
| 11 | Rio Salado CollegeTempe · Mixed Associate Large | Public | 11,668 |
| 12 | Phoenix CollegePhoenix · Professions-focused Associate Large/Medium | Public | 8,555 |
| 13 | American InterContinental University SystemChandler · Special Focus: Business | Private for-profit | 7,111 |
| 14 | Arizona Western CollegeYuma · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 6,374 |
| 15 | Sonoran Desert InstituteTempe · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 5,435 |
| 16 | Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 5,377 |
| 17 | Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenix · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 5,117 |
| 18 | Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeChandler · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 5,051 |
| 19 | Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 4,912 |
| 20 | GateWay Community CollegePhoenix · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Public | 4,538 |
| 21 | Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 4,512 |
| 22 | Yavapai CollegePrescott · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 3,988 |
| 23 | South Mountain Community CollegePhoenix · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 3,645 |
| 24 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott · Mixed Baccalaureate | Private | 3,218 |
| 25 | Mohave Community CollegeKingman · Professions-focused Associate Large/Medium | Public | 3,216 |
| 26 | Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista · Professions-focused Associate Large/Medium | Public | 3,096 |
| 27 | Eastern Arizona CollegeThatcher · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 2,643 |
| 28 | Pima Medical Institute-TucsonTucson · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private for-profit | 2,567 |
| 29 | Bryan UniversityTempe · Professions-focused Associate/Baccalaureate | Private for-profit | 2,506 |
| 30 | Coconino Community CollegeFlagstaff · Mixed Associate Medium | Public | 2,426 |
| 31 | Universal Technical Institute of Arizona IncAvondale · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 1,957 |
| 32 | Aspen UniversityPhoenix · Special Focus: Nursing | Private for-profit | 1,466 |
| 33 | Dine CollegeTsaile · Professions-focused Associate/Baccalaureate | Public | 1,375 |
| 34 | Refrigeration School IncPhoenix · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 1,346 |
| 35 | UEI College-PhoenixPhoenix · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 1,234 |
| 36 | Arizona College of Nursing-PhoenixPhoenix · Special Focus: Nursing | Private for-profit | 1,229 |
| 37 | Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe · Special Focus: Nursing | Private for-profit | 1,202 |
| 38 | Arizona Christian UniversityGlendale · Professions-focused Baccalaureate Small | Private | 1,165 |
| 39 | Carrington College-Phoenix NorthPhoenix · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private for-profit | 1,080 |
| 40 | Northland Pioneer CollegeHolbrook · Professions-focused Associate Large/Medium | Public | 1,010 |
| 41 | Tohono O'odham Community CollegeSells · Professions-focused Associate Small | Public | 998 |
| 42 | University of Advancing TechnologyTempe · Professions-focused Baccalaureate Small | Private for-profit | 855 |
| 43 | Ottawa University-SurpriseSurprise · Professions-focused Baccalaureate Small | Private | 836 |
| 44 | Pima Medical Institute-PhoenixPhoenix · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 780 |
| 45 | Brookline College-PhoenixPhoenix · Special Focus: Nursing | Private for-profit | 712 |
| 46 | Pima Medical Institute-MesaMesa · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 705 |
| 47 | Chamberlain University-ArizonaPhoenix · Special Focus: Nursing | Private for-profit | 693 |
| 48 | Conservatory of Recording Arts and SciencesTempe · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 692 |
| 49 | Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive InstituteGlendale · Special Focus: Business | Private for-profit | 689 |
| 50 | UEI College-MesaMesa · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 657 |
| 51 | GateWay Community College-Central CityPhoenix · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Public | 595 |
| 52 | Alturas Cosmetology of Arizona LLCChandler · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 570 |
| 53 | Arizona College of Nursing-TucsonTucson · Special Focus: Nursing | Private for-profit | 562 |
| 54 | Southwest Institute of Healing ArtsTempe · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private for-profit | 534 |
| 55 | Carrington College-MesaMesa · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 528 |
| 56 | Universal Technical Institute-PhoenixAvondale · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 527 |
| 57 | Carrington College-TucsonTucson · Special Focus: Nursing | Private for-profit | 517 |
| 58 | Community Christian CollegeQuartzsite · Mixed Associate Small | Private | 424 |
| 59 | Arizona College-GlendaleGlendale · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private for-profit | 403 |
| 60 | Penrose AcademyScottsdale · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 403 |
| 61 | Crestpoint UniversityPhoenix · Professions-focused Associate/Baccalaureate | Private for-profit | 385 |
| 62 | East Valley Institute of TechnologyMesa · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Public | 377 |
| 63 | Pima Medical Institute-East ValleyMesa · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 306 |
| 64 | Avalon Institute-MesaMesa · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 298 |
| 65 | Brookline College-TempeTempe · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 282 |
| 66 | Western Maricopa Education CenterGlendale · Two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Public | 245 |
| 67 | Aveda Institute-TucsonTucson · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 240 |
| 68 | Empire Beauty School-AvondaleAvondale · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 236 |
| 69 | Avalon Institute-PhoenixPhoenix · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 219 |
| 70 | Prescott CollegePrescott · Mixed Undergraduate/Graduate-Master's Small | Private | 219 |
| 71 | Aveda Institute-PhoenixTempe · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 218 |
| 72 | Brookline College-TucsonTucson · Special Focus: Applied and Career Studies | Private for-profit | 218 |
| 73 | Empire Beauty School-TucsonTucson · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 203 |
| 74 | HDS Truck Driving InstituteTucson · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 200 |
| 75 | Pathways CollegeTempe · Special Focus: Business | Private | 196 |
| 76 | Sessions CollegeTempe · Special Focus: Arts, Music, and Design | Private for-profit | 188 |
| 77 | Aveda Institute Tucson-AvondaleAvondale · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 158 |
| 78 | Arizona School of Integrative StudiesMesa · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 155 |
| 79 | Arizona Culinary InstituteScottsdale · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 149 |
| 80 | Tucson College of BeautyTucson · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 144 |
| 81 | Arizona College-MesaMesa · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private for-profit | 140 |
| 82 | Paul Mitchell the School-PhoenixPhoenix · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 137 |
| 83 | Justice UniversityChandler · Four-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private | 116 |
| 84 | Turning Point Beauty CollegeChandler · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 106 |
| 85 | Aviation Institute of Maintenance-PhoenixPhoenix · Two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 105 |
| 86 | Empire Beauty School-ChandlerChandler · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 104 |
| 87 | Xtylo Beauty And Barber CollegeTolleson · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 78 |
| 88 | Charles of Italy Beauty CollegeLake Havasu City · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 76 |
| 89 | Commercial Divers InternationalGoodyear · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 71 |
| 90 | Kino CollegeTucson · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 64 |
| 91 | Xtylo Beauty and Barber CollegePhoenix · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 57 |
| 92 | Pure Aesthetics Natural Skincare SchoolTucson · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 53 |
| 93 | International Barber CollegeChandler · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 45 |
| 94 | International Baptist College and SeminaryChandler · Special Focus: Theological Studies | Private | 43 |
| 95 | Indian Bible CollegeFlagstaff · Special Focus: Theological Studies | Private | 25 |
| 96 | Roberto-Venn School of LuthieryPhoenix · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 21 |
| 97 | Allen School-PhoenixPhoenix · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | 8 |
| 98 | DeVry University-ArizonaPhoenix · Professions-focused Baccalaureate Small | Private for-profit | 6 |
| 99 | Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental MedicineTucson · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private for-profit | – |
| 100 | Glitz School of Cosmetology-Casa Grande CampusCasa Grande · Less-than-two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | – |
| 101 | Midwestern University-GlendaleGlendale · Special Focus: Medical Schools and Centers | Private | – |
| 102 | Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine & AcupuncturePhoenix · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private for-profit | – |
| 103 | Phoenix SeminaryScottsdale · Special Focus: Theological Studies | Private | – |
| 104 | San Joaquin Valley College-PhoenixPhoenix · Two-year institution (not classified by Carnegie) | Private for-profit | – |
| 105 | Sonoran University of Health SciencesTempe · Special Focus: Other Health Professions | Private | – |
| 106 | The School of ArchitectureScottsdale · Special Focus: Graduate Studies | Private | – |
This is a directory, not a ranking, listed by undergraduate enrollment. Counts and figures come from the most recent College Scorecard & IPEDS release (2024-25), which lags the current academic year by 2–3 years. Open each institution’s profile for financial health, outcomes and peer benchmarks.
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Frequently asked
How many colleges and universities are in Arizona?
106 postsecondary institutions in Arizona report to the U.S. Department of Education: 29 public, 14 private nonprofit, 63 for-profit. Together they enroll about 531,677 undergraduates (2024-25 data).
Which Arizona college enrolls the most undergraduates?
University of Phoenix-Arizona in Phoenix, with about 85,991 undergraduates (2024-25 data). It is the largest of the 106 institutions listed on this page by undergraduate enrollment.
Where does this Arizona college data come from?
The U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard and IPEDS collections, most recent release (2024-25). Every figure is federal, published and free to check. Nothing on this page is estimated or AI-generated.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent release, 2024-25). Compiled by Ibex Insights. See the methodology.