Higher Education

Greater Phoenix is home to a myriad of top-notch colleges, universities and specialized institutions committed to providing a trained workforce, including:

• Arizona State University, one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States. ASU has more than 119,000 students across five Greater Phoenix campuses, four regional learning centers throughout

Arizona and its ASU Online programs. Downtown

Chandler is home to the ASU Chandler Innovation

Center, which hosts events, provides technology-based education and offers a membership-based makerspace. • The University of Arizona, which has a total enrollment of more than 46,000 students. UArizona’s main campus is in Tucson but it has an expanding presence in Greater

Phoenix, including its Chandler campus. There is an emphasis on building a talent pipeline for tech industries with programs in cyber operations, digital design, information management and software development.

• Maricopa Community Colleges, one of the nation’s largest community college districts, serves more than 200,000 students annually. The countywide district has 10 colleges including Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler.