There are 124 colleges in Arizona - 44 public and 80 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the Arizona colleges is $5,967 for state residents and $19,286 for out-of-state students.

28 Arizona cities have at least one college and, of them, Phoenix has the most of 27 colleges. It has 15 four-year colleges and 4 community colleges with a total of 263,777 students. Tucson and Tempe also has a number of colleges of 17 and 13 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Arizona colleges by city. The 2025 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.

124 Arizona Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Phoenix 271548 $20,196
($4,331)		 $11,142 263,777 202,795 60,984 20 to 1
Tucson 17737 $30,926
($13,573)		 $26,851
($14,856)		 77,591 65,946 11,645 15 to 1
Tempe 13832 $16,120
($7,296)		 $21,118
($13,587)		 111,382 96,413 14,969 19 to 1
Mesa 11335 $21,049
($7,291)		 - 20,243 20,243 - 16 to 1
Chandler 84-4 $11,779
($8,318)		 $10,948
($14,664)		 55,269 44,257 11,012 17 to 1
Glendale 743- $31,454
($7,291)		 $31,995 20,412 16,634 3,778 12 to 1
Scottsdale 75-2 $14,408
($6,993)		 $19,806
($10,843)		 80,915 61,843 19,072 10 to 1
Avondale 5-32 - - 12,987 12,987 - 26 to 1
Prescott 33-- $29,317
($2,948)		 $20,700 11,559 10,880 679 15 to 1
Flagstaff 321- $14,012
($12,619)		 $19,306
($13,023)		 31,029 25,552 5,477 18 to 1
Coolidge 22-- $4,500
($2,250)		 - 5,053 5,053 - 8 to 1
Sierra Vista 22-- $6,120
($2,280)		 - 3,905 3,905 - 8 to 1
Thatcher 22-- $9,552
($2,352)		 - 5,213 5,213 - 8 to 1
Yuma 211- - - 8,964 8,964 - 11 to 1
Lake Havasu City 21-1 $11,849
($7,073)		 - 76 76 - 9 to 1
Buckeye 1--1 - - - - - -
Somerton 1--1 - - 131 131 - 10 to 1
Kingman 1-1- - - 4,619 4,619 - 12 to 1
Surprise 11-- $35,880 $12,562 912 837 75 11 to 1
Tsaile 11-- $1,410
($1,410)		 $4,590
($4,590)		 1,434 1,423 11 16 to 1
Prescott Valley 11-- - - - - - -
Holbrook 11-- $10,320
($2,664)		 - 3,158 3,158 - 12 to 1
Tolleson 1--1 - - 78 78 - 10 to 1
Quartzsite 1-1- - - 424 424 - 25 to 1
Peoria 1--1 - - 50 50 - 20 to 1
Goodyear 1--1 - - 71 71 - 10 to 1
Show Low 11-- - - - - - -
Sells 1-1- - - 1,165 1,165 - 18 to 1