Cochise County Community College District
Tel:
(520) 515-0500
- Cochise College strives to be a learning community held in high esteem by members of its communities, providing high-quality learning opportunities for its citizens. Whether it's aviation or automobiles, cooking or computers, business or biology, nursing or languages that you love, Cochise College has something for everyone.
School Highlights
Cochise County Community College District serves 3,672 students (40% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 9:1 is lower than the state community college average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 58% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the state average of 57%.
School Overview
The teacher population of 425 teachers has grown by 130% over five years.
| Cochise County Community College District | (AZ) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's Colleges: High Vocational & Technical-High Nontraditional | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 425 staff | 202 staff |
| School Calendar | Link to School Calendar | |
Sports
| Total Sports Offered | 3 sports |
| Sports | Baseball, Basketball, SoccerBaseball, Basketball, Soccer |
Source: 2020 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Cochise College strives to be a learning community held in high esteem by members of its communities, providing high-quality learning opportunities for its citizens. Whether it's aviation or automobiles, cooking or computers, business or biology, nursing or languages that you love, Cochise College has something for everyone. A variety of certificate programs, online professional development classes, workshops and seminars are available in everything from computers and healthcare to general workplace skills and Spanish. The Cochise College Foundation offers a tremendous amount of support in the form of scholarships and grants for our students. All students are encouraged to apply. Many of these scholarships are not based on family income, but rather on academic potential and major. Adult Education offers various programs that are free to all Cochise County residents. These programs include English language acquisition (ELA), GED preparation and testing, adult basic education, reading, civics, citizenship, family literacy and workplace education. Classes meet on Cochise College campuses as well as at schools and other locations in communities across the county.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Cochise County Community College District is Brookline College-Tucson (90.9 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Brookline College-TucsonPrivate for-profit292 students | 90.90 Mi5441 E. 22nd St, Ste.125
Tucson, AZ 85711
(520) 748-9799 90.90292 - Pima Community CollegePublic19,512 students | 92.10 Mi4905C East Broadway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85709
(520) 206-4500 92.1019,512 - 1,931 students | 94.80 Mi2121 N Craycroft Road, Bldg 1
Tucson, AZ 85712
(520) 326-1600 94.801,931 - Eastern Arizona CollegePublic6,027 students | 102.30 Mi615 N. Stadium Ave.
Thatcher, AZ 85552
(928) 428-8272 102.306,027 - Central Arizona CollegePublic4,793 students | 159.20 Mi8470 N Overfield Rd
Coolidge, AZ 85128
(520) 494-5444 159.204,793
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