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Best Colleges in Arizona (2026)

122 colleges ranked by graduate earnings, acceptance rates, and outcomes — powered by federal data from the U.S. Department of Education.

122

Colleges

$43,968

Avg Earnings (10yr)

$19,554

Avg Net Price

83%

Avg Admit Rate

50%

Avg Grad Rate

State Overview

Arizona is home to 122 colleges and universities, ranging from research universities to community colleges. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott leads the state in graduate earnings, with state alumni earning $43,968 on average ten years after enrollment. Whether you're looking for a flagship research university, a liberal arts college, or a career-focused program, Arizona offers diverse options across all price points.

Quick Facts — Arizona Colleges

Highest Earning

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

$84,131median earnings

Most Selective

Ottawa University-Surprise

40%acceptance rate

Best Grad Rate

Regional Center for Border Health

96%6-yr grad rate

Most Affordable

Pima Community College

$3,123avg net price

Top 10 Colleges in Arizona by Graduate Earnings

Ranked by median earnings 10 years after enrollment. Public and private nonprofit only.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

Prescott·Private Nonprofit

Admit

75%

Net Price

$39,983

Grad Rate

70%

Earnings

$84,131

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science - Arizona

Scottsdale·Private Nonprofit

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$79,652

Arizona State University - Cochise

Sierra Vista·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Arizona State University - Lake Havasu

Lake Havasu City·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Arizona State University - Mesa City Center

Mesa·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Arizona State University - Northeastern Arizona

Show Low·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Arizona State University - Pima

Tucson·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Arizona State University - Pinal

Coolidge·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Arizona State University - The Gila Valley

Thatcher·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Arizona State University - Tucson

Tucson·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$62,668

Most Affordable Colleges in Arizona

Lowest average net price after grants and scholarships. Public and private nonprofit only.

#1 Most AffordablePublic

Pima Community College

Tucson, AZ

$3,123/ yr avg net

20% grad rate

#2 Most AffordablePublic

Tohono O'odham Community College

Sells, AZ

$4,156/ yr avg net

9% grad rate

#3 Most AffordablePublic

GateWay Community College-Central City

Phoenix, AZ

$4,239/ yr avg net

43% grad rate

#4 Most AffordablePublic

Central Arizona College

Coolidge, AZ

$4,591/ yr avg net

20% grad rate

#5 Most AffordablePrivate Nonprofit

Indian Bible College

Flagstaff, AZ

$5,068/ yr avg net

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All Colleges in Arizona

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School	City	Type	Admit Rate	Net Price	Grad Rate	Earnings (10yr)
Allen School-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,433	87%	$34,186
Alliant International University - Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$66,666
American InterContinental University System	Chandler	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,449	22%	$36,144
Arizona Academy of Beauty	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$15,544	51%	$21,201
Arizona Christian University	Glendale	Private Nonprofit	74%	$32,383	43%	$51,612
Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	100%	$34,155	N/A	$34,657
Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe	Tempe	Private For-Profit	100%	$31,502	N/A	$34,657
Arizona College of Nursing-Tucson	Tucson	Private For-Profit	100%	$28,789	N/A	$34,657
Arizona College-Glendale	Glendale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$26,925	68%	$34,657
Arizona College-Mesa	Mesa	Private For-Profit	N/A	$26,682	59%	$34,657
Arizona Culinary Institute	Scottsdale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$37,938	84%	$41,651
Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arizona School of Integrative Studies	Mesa	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,249	77%	N/A
Arizona State University - Cochise	Sierra Vista	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Lake Havasu	Lake Havasu City	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Mesa City Center	Mesa	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Northeastern Arizona	Show Low	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Pima	Tucson	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Pinal	Coolidge	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - The Gila Valley	Thatcher	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Tucson	Tucson	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Yavapai	Prescott Valley	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University - Yuma	Yuma	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Tempe	Public	90%	$13,670	67%	$62,668
Arizona State University Digital Immersion	Scottsdale	Public	64%	N/A	27%	$62,668
Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix	Phoenix	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University-Polytechnic	Mesa	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona State University-West Valley	Glendale	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$62,668
Arizona Western College	Yuma	Public	N/A	$9,582	23%	$36,857
Aspen University	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Avalon Institute-Mesa	Mesa	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,847	72%	$30,803
Avalon Institute-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,689	66%	$30,803
Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale	Avondale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,718	N/A	N/A
Aveda Institute-Phoenix	Tempe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$22,297	74%	N/A
Aveda Institute-Tucson	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,037	78%	N/A
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$42,759
Brookline College-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	54%	$29,576
Brookline College-Tempe	Tempe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,642	65%	$29,576
Brookline College-Tucson	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,788	55%	$29,576
Bryan University	Tempe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,948	29%	$40,283
Carrington College-Mesa	Mesa	Private For-Profit	N/A	$47,290	50%	$36,718
Carrington College-Phoenix North	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	54%	$36,718
Carrington College-Tucson	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$39,975	59%	$36,718
Central Arizona College	Coolidge	Public	N/A	$4,591	20%	$40,513
Chamberlain University-Arizona	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	88%	$37,002	N/A	$92,405
Chandler-Gilbert Community College	Chandler	Public	N/A	$12,653	20%	$51,111
Charles of Italy Beauty College	Lake Havasu City	Private For-Profit	N/A	$11,641	75%	$26,269
Cochise County Community College District	Sierra Vista	Public	N/A	$7,420	28%	$38,033
Coconino Community College	Flagstaff	Public	N/A	$12,455	22%	$40,420
Commercial Divers International	Goodyear	Private For-Profit	N/A	$34,714	90%	N/A
Community Christian College	Quartzsite	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$20,033	10%	$39,217
Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences	Tempe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$22,153	57%	$37,429
Crestpoint University	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$15,524	33%	$42,269
DeVry University-Arizona	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	31%	$45,987
Dine College	Tsaile	Public	N/A	$10,218	13%	$29,188
East Valley Institute of Technology	Mesa	Public	N/A	$16,847	57%	$35,086
Eastern Arizona College	Thatcher	Public	N/A	$9,765	43%	$38,018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott	Prescott	Private Nonprofit	75%	$39,983	70%	$84,131
Empire Beauty School-Avondale	Avondale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$15,173	56%	$23,589
Empire Beauty School-Chandler	Chandler	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,662	41%	$23,921
Empire Beauty School-Tucson	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,609	68%	$25,073
Estrella Mountain Community College	Avondale	Public	N/A	$12,211	21%	$44,356
GateWay Community College	Phoenix	Public	N/A	$12,871	20%	$46,147
GateWay Community College-Central City	Phoenix	Public	N/A	$4,239	43%	$46,147
Glendale Community College	Glendale	Public	N/A	$12,158	14%	$43,108
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	60%	$21,931	44%	$42,186
HDS Truck Driving Institute	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	83%	$40,059
Indian Bible College	Flagstaff	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$5,068	N/A	N/A
International Baptist College and Seminary	Chandler	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$16,828	57%	$39,556
International Barber College	Chandler	Private For-Profit	N/A	$17,929	75%	N/A
Jersey College - Tucson	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$66,087
Kino College	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$24,064	92%	N/A
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science - Arizona	Scottsdale	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$79,652
Mesa Community College	Mesa	Public	N/A	$13,438	16%	$44,034
Midwestern University-Glendale	Glendale	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute	Glendale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$22,180	52%	$31,102
Mohave Community College	Kingman	Public	N/A	$6,806	28%	$35,522
Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff	Public	91%	$14,922	58%	$54,384
Northland Pioneer College	Holbrook	Public	N/A	$9,251	8%	$34,199
Ottawa University-Surprise	Surprise	Private Nonprofit	40%	$35,081	23%	$55,552
Paradise Valley Community College	Phoenix	Public	N/A	$13,478	20%	$47,196
Pathways College	Phoenix	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paul Mitchell the School-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,308	75%	$29,340
Penrose Academy	Scottsdale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$23,650	83%	$35,839
Phoenix College	Phoenix	Public	N/A	$11,728	14%	$40,870
Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine & Acupuncture	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Phoenix Seminary	Scottsdale	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pima Community College	Tucson	Public	N/A	$3,123	20%	$39,810
Pima Medical Institute-East Valley	Mesa	Private For-Profit	N/A	$6,526	64%	$38,673
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa	Mesa	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,904	59%	$38,673
Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$6,939	50%	N/A
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	71%	$38,673
Prescott College	Prescott	Private Nonprofit	99%	$20,906	44%	$42,359
Pure Aesthetics Natural Skincare School	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$24,347	85%	N/A
Refrigeration School Inc	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,300	67%	$52,953
Regional Center for Border Health	Somerton	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	96%	N/A
Rio Salado College	Tempe	Public	N/A	$8,764	4%	$41,015
Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,894	92%	$35,209
Scottsdale Community College	Scottsdale	Public	N/A	$14,380	23%	$47,905
Sessions College for Professional Design	Tempe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$15,156	47%	N/A
Sonoran Desert Institute	Tempe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,921	39%	N/A
Sonoran University of Health Sciences	Tempe	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
South Mountain Community College	Phoenix	Public	N/A	$11,942	19%	$39,825
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts	Tempe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$58,490	65%	$29,544
Studio Academy of Beauty	Chandler	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,585	74%	$27,201
The School of Architecture	Scottsdale	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tohono O'odham Community College	Sells	Public	N/A	$4,156	9%	$39,229
Tucson College of Beauty	Tucson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,649	70%	$27,314
Turning Point Beauty College	Chandler	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,433	90%	$17,556
UEI College-Mesa	Mesa	Private For-Profit	N/A	$33,845	N/A	$31,141
UEI College-Phoenix	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$31,673	45%	$31,141
Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc	Avondale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$27,139	57%	$52,873
Universal Technical Institute-Phoenix	Avondale	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,925	64%	$48,341
University of Advancing Technology	Tempe	Private For-Profit	95%	$20,913	42%	$50,719
University of Arizona	Tucson	Public	86%	$15,960	67%	$59,979
University of Phoenix-Arizona	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,571	19%	$37,752
Western Maricopa Education Center	Glendale	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Maricopa Education Center - Northeast Campus	Phoenix	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Maricopa Education Center - Southwest Campus	Buckeye	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xtylo Beauty College	Tolleson	Private For-Profit	N/A	$28,054	69%	N/A
Xtylo Beauty College	Phoenix	Private For-Profit	N/A	$30,274	80%	N/A
Yavapai College	Prescott	Public	N/A	$6,355	32%	$39,890

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