Arizona offers outstanding higher-education programs that are affordable and close to home. With three state universities, private colleges, comprehensive community colleges, and career colleges, Arizona higher education provides a broad range of options from which to choose.

This page offers college-planning resources unique to Arizona, including higher education agencies, higher-education institutions, savings plans, state financial-aid programs, benefits for veterans, publications and special programs.

Arizona Higher Education Agencies

Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education.
Arizona Board of Regents.
Arizona Department of Education.
Arizona Board for Private Postsecondary Education.

Arizona Higher-Education Institutions

• Explore colleges, universities, and career schools in Arizona.
• Arizona Course Applicability System provides information about transferring credits from community colleges to public universities in Arizona.
• Arizona residents may also qualify to attend an out-of-state college or university at a reduced tuition rate through the Professional Student Exchange Program.
• Use College Answer's School Search Tool to compare colleges and universities on your list.

Savings Plans

• The Arizona Family College Savings Plan offers a tax-advantaged way to save for college.
• Estimate how much your family will be expected to contribute to college costs.

State Financial-Aid Programs

• Postsecondary Education Grant Program for private university student.
• Arizona Leveraging Education Assistance Program offers $2,500 grants to students.
• Grants for Arizona community-college graduates who enroll in a private baccalaureate degree-granting institution.
• Honors Endorsement/Tuition Waiver offers qualified students a full state university tuition waiver valid for one year following graduation from high school.
• Professional Student Exchange Program offers out-of-state college or university at a reduced tuition rate for eligible Arizona residents.
• Arizona's Higher Education Loan Authority serves as Arizona's state designated, nonprofit student-loan provider and secondary market.

Important: To qualify for federal and state financial aid, you must file the FAFSA. To ensure priority consideration for Arizona state scholarships and grants, your FAFSA must be submitted online or received by June 30.

Benefits for Veterans

• Arizona Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Directory of Approved Institutions for Veteran Educational Benefits.

Publications

• Get Ready for Success at Arizona's Public Universities.
• Arizona Fact Book.

Special Programs

• Explore occupations and assess your interests to determine your future.
• Arizona Workforce Connection offers "One-Stop Centers" as a single point-of-entry to a network of employment, training and educational programs and providers in each community.
• Arizona adult-education programs could help you obtain your high-school equivalency diploma.
• Review Arizona demographic information and research occupations and employers.
• Arizona's Job Bank where thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers searching for someone like you.
• Arizona Academic Scholars is a community-based incentive program targeted at the middle 50 percent of Arizona high-school students to motivate them to complete an academically enriched high-school course of study.