Pima Community College
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Tel:
(520) 206-4500
- Since 1969, Pima Community College has been developing our community through learning. The College offers convenient, affordable educational opportunities that can help you make your dreams a reality.
School Highlights
Pima Community College serves 19,512 students (24% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 12:1 is lower than the state community college average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 63% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the state average of 57%.
Top Rankings
Pima Community College ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in Arizona for:
- Category Attribute
- Community Size Largest student body
- Completion Rates Highest completion rates
- Debt For Students Least debt for graduating students
School Overview
The teacher population of 1,640 teachers has grown by 160% over five years.
| Pima Community College | (AZ) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional | 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 | 1,640 staff | 202 staff |
| School Calendar | Link to School Calendar | |
Source: 2020 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Pima Community College's West Campus, the oldest and largest in the six-campus system. More than 11,000 students each semester find affordable, quality education on Anklam Road near central Tucson. The Sonoran Desert surrounds the West Campus, which features hiking trails, shaded gathering areas, and landscaped courtyards. The West Campus, which opened in 1970, provides a full range of health-related professional programs, as well as programs in the visual and performing arts, creative writing and the sciences. Students can find a variety of transferrable courses in programs covering business, science, art, languages, computers and more. The West Campus also houses the unique Center for Archeological Field Training. Well-equipped laboratories support instruction in the sciences, health-related professions and visual and performing arts. The Center for the Arts includes the Louis Bernal Gallery, the Music Recital Hall and the Proscenium and Black Box Theaters. It provides an essential entertainment venue for the entire Tucson area. Pima Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Pima Community College is Brookline College-Tucson (1.2 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Brookline College-TucsonPrivate for-profit292 students | 1.20 Mi5441 E. 22nd St, Ste.125
Tucson, AZ 85711
(520) 748-9799 1.20292 - 1,931 students | 2.70 Mi2121 N Craycroft Road, Bldg 1
Tucson, AZ 85712
(520) 326-1600 2.701,931 - Central Arizona CollegePublic4,793 students | 67.60 Mi8470 N Overfield Rd
Coolidge, AZ 85128
(520) 494-5444 67.604,793 - Eastern Arizona CollegePublic6,027 students | 78.20 Mi615 N. Stadium Ave.
Thatcher, AZ 85552
(928) 428-8272 78.206,027 - 15,585 students | 90.90 Mi2626 E Pecos Rd
Chandler, AZ 85225
(480) 732-7000 90.9015,585
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