Arizona State University (ASU) is among the more than 35 institutions of higher learning in Greater Phoenix, with its main campus in Tempe. It is the fifth largest university in the United States, and expects enrollment to reach 50,000 early in the next decade. Students seek degrees in the 14 fully-accredited colleges that make up ASU. 27 percent of ASU's students were taking an internet course during the 2005-2006 school year.

ASU Downtown College of Public Programs moving downtown in the fall of 2006. Students in the College of Nursing and University College will have the opportunity to study at any of ASU’s campuses including the new Downtown Phoenix campus. Still to come will be the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and KAET-TV/Channel 8, Arizona’s Public Broadcasting Station.

ASU WEST Currently serves over 7300 students on its northwest Phoenix.

The undergraduate and graduate-level courses lead to a wide range of degree programs and professional certificates offered through the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, the College of Teacher Education & Leadership, the College of Human Services, and the School of Global Management & Leadership.

ASU’s POLYTECHNIC   campus, located in southeast Mesa, offers degree programs, unparalleled by other Arizona state universities, through the Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management, East College, and the College of Technology and Applied Sciences.

W.P. Carey School of Business   Carey Direct Admission:

Offered to incoming students with the highest academic qualifications, Carey Direct Admission allows students to begin in the professional program from the beginning of their academic careers. Benefits for Carey Direct scholars include access to professional program (upper-division) courses beginning in the first year of study, after completing standard course prerequisites. In order to be admitted at this level a student must meet ALL of the following requirements:

• 3.6 ABOR GPA
  
• And 1250 SAT Reasoning or 28 ACT score
  
• And no English or math competency deficiencies
  
• And 3.5 transfer GPA in college course taken prior to high school graduation
  

University of Arizona is located in Tucson.

Northern Arizona University is in Flagstaff.

University of Phoenix is a private college of 8,100 students. Bachelor's and master's degrees are offered in business and administration, education and nursing along with a flexible schedule for the working adult.

DeVry Institute of Technology offers bachelor's degrees in electronics, computer information systems, business operations and accounting. Classes are geared to meet the needs of business and industry and are available day and evening. DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management has a new location at 6969 E. Mayo Blvd., Ste. 150.

Western International University another private college in the Valley with 1,460 students. Associate, bachelor's and master's degrees in business, science and art can be earned during flexible one-month semester formats.

Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale is the only school in the United States that exclusively offers a master's degree in international management.

The graduate business school in Glendale has been ranked as the No. 1 school for international business in the United States by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

This is the 12th consecutive year Thunderbird has earned this distinction, and it marks Thunderbird's third No. 1 ranking in International Business in the past six months.

Thunderbird was ranked No. 1 in International Business by the Financial Times in its annual worldwide ranking of full-time MBA programs in January, and the Wall Street Journal's poll of corporate recruiters ranked Thunderbird No. 1 in International Business last September. Source:the Business Journal

Corporate recruiters named Thunderbird the No. 1 business school in the regional category and placed Thunderbird No. 5 in the international schools category.  The corporate recruiters will look at the rankings, when hiring their MBA graduates. For the international market, schools only qualify if they attract recruiters who place a large number of their graduates in jobs outside the United States.

The school will offer a master of science in global management and a master of arts in global affairs and management in the fall of 2007.

Grand Canyon University

Of the 10,000 students currently enrolled at Grand Canyon, 7,500 are online students while the remaining 2,500 are taking traditional classes on campus. The goal is create the infrastructure so that students can access their learning material any time of the day, any day of the week, 365 days a year.

Grand Canyon University is now offering an entrepreneurship degree. The degree is taught by "tried and true" entrepreneurs and it will take 120 credit hours. In 2007, there will be MBA degree in the entrepreneurship.

Ottawa University, established in 1865, has two centers - one in Scottsdale at 13402 N. Scottsdale Road, designed for adult learners needing flexible schedules. Bachelor degrees in various fields and master's in human resources are available.

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott. The campus has excellent programs in flight, engineering, space physics, global environment and management, global security and intelligence studies, computer science, aviation business administration, meteorology, and a graduate program in safety science. Facilities include the new 48,000-square-foot Academic Complex; the King Engineering and Technology Center; the Robertson Aviation Safety Center (featuring an accident investigation lab for studying actual wreckage from six plane crashes); and the Robertson Flight Simulation Center, which contains Frasca flight-training-devices.

The Art Institute of Phoenix   What inspires you? Designing packaging or making a room warm and inviting? Stirring things up with a four-course meal for friends or drawing an animated character for a full-length feature film? Or maybe you envision your fall fashions on the runway.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, School of Architecture has lots of choices in the field of design.

Argosy University/Phoenix founded in 1997 as the Arizona School of Professional Psychology.

Apollo College The Associate Degree Programs offered at Westside provide opportunities for serious students.  The healthcare field continues to grow and helping to meet the employment needs of the community.

Apollo Group Inc. Online programs continue to remain the fastest growing programs at University of Phoenix.

High-Tech Institute The School is committed to a "hands-on" approach to reinforce the theory taught in the classroom and to provide the student with practical experience in the uses of "real-world" equipment. The curriculum and laboratory equipment are frequently updated to adjust to the current needs of the modern industry.

University of Advancing Technology The University offers accredited Bachelor's and Master's degrees as well as Associate's degrees.   At southwest of the intersection of Baseline Road and U.S. 10 in Tempe, at 2625 W. Baseline Road.

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunications. The Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism will open July 1st, 2006. The new center offers training for business journalists, workshops and online training for journalists, scholarships and internships for students, training for business journalism professors.

Western International University Announcing the new Peoria Campus! Now under construction at Thunderbird & 101.  at the temporary site, the Challenger Space Center.

The Scottsdale Culinary Institute is a prestigious culinary school located in the scenic world-acclaimed resort destination of Scottsdale, Arizona, where you can enjoy over 300 days of sunny weather, including the world-renowned Le Cordon Bleu programs.