There are 120 colleges in Arizona - 43 public and 77 private schools. The 2024 average undergraduate tuition of the Arizona colleges is $7,556 for state residents and $20,629 for out-of-state students.

27 Arizona cities have at least one college and, of them, Phoenix has the most of 27 colleges. It has 14 four-year colleges and 5 community colleges with a total of 230,395 students. Tucson and Tempe also has a number of colleges of 17 and 12 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Arizona colleges by city. The 2024 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

120 Arizona Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Phoenix 271458 $20,133
($5,589)
$12,383 230,395 172,782 57,613 18 to 1
Tucson 17647 $29,570
($13,277)
$28,621
($14,389)
69,541 58,744 10,797 14 to 1
Tempe 12822 $20,187
($7,205)
$25,693
($13,389)
107,836 92,614 15,222 22 to 1
Mesa 11245 $32,193
($12,051)
- 19,552 19,552 - 15 to 1
Scottsdale 7412 $8,441
($11,421)
$19,724
($10,573)
70,421 54,222 16,199 9 to 1
Glendale 743- $25,283
($7,205)
$31,802 19,293 15,511 3,782 12 to 1
Chandler 7214 $12,905 $10,135 29,071 25,158 3,913 18 to 1
Avondale 4-31 - - 12,442 12,442 - 26 to 1
Flagstaff 321- $13,328
($12,238)
$22,077
($12,547)
30,653 25,771 4,882 16 to 1
Prescott 33-- $29,058
($2,838)
$19,665 11,128 10,430 698 15 to 1
Coolidge 211- - - 4,652 4,652 - 8 to 1
Sierra Vista 211- - - 3,797 3,797 - 8 to 1
Thatcher 211- - - 4,864 4,864 - 10 to 1
Yuma 211- - - 8,050 8,050 - 10 to 1
Lake Havasu City 21-1 $11,507
($6,969)
- 85 85 - 9 to 1
Kingman 1-1- - - 4,038 4,038 - 13 to 1
Tsaile 11-- $1,410
($1,410)
$4,750
($4,750)
1,552 1,548 4 15 to 1
Holbrook 1-1- - - 2,740 2,740 - 11 to 1
Somerton 1--1 - - 133 133 - 10 to 1
Surprise 11-- $35,300 $13,002 1,736 1,106 630 16 to 1
Prescott Valley 11-- - - - - - -
Tolleson 1--1 - - 104 104 - 12 to 1
Sells 1-1- - - 922 922 - 26 to 1
Peoria 1--1 - - 50 50 - 20 to 1
Goodyear 1--1 - - 57 57 - 10 to 1
Show Low 11-- - - - - - -
Buckeye 1--1 - - - - - -