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Largest early childhood education programs in Arizona
Arizona early childhood education programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon University | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 767 |
| 2 | University of Phoenix-Arizona | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 110 |
| 3 | Rio Salado College | Tempe | Public, 4-year | 62 |
| 4 | Arizona State University | Tempe | Public, 4-year | 58 |
| 5 | Glendale Community College | Glendale | Public, 4-year | 57 |
| 6 | Mesa Community College | Mesa | Public, 4-year | 49 |
| 7 | Central Arizona College | Coolidge | Public, 2-year | 44 |
| 8 | Arizona Western College | Yuma | Public, 2-year | 43 |
| 9 | Aspen University | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 38 |
| 10 | Yavapai College | Prescott | Public, 4-year | 29 |
| 11 | Paradise Valley Community College | Phoenix | Public, 4-year | 24 |
| 12 | Pima Community College | Tucson | Public, 2-year | 21 |
| 13 | Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff | Public, 4-year | 20 |
| 14 | Cochise County Community College District | Sierra Vista | Public, 4-year | 17 |
| 15 | Chandler-Gilbert Community College | Chandler | Public, 2-year | 13 |
| 16 | University of Arizona | Tucson | Public, 4-year | 11 |
| 17 | Eastern Arizona College | Thatcher | Public, 4-year | 7 |
| 18 | Mohave Community College | Kingman | Public, 2-year | 7 |
| 19 | Estrella Mountain Community College | Avondale | Public, 2-year | 7 |
| 20 | Coconino Community College | Flagstaff | Public, 2-year | 7 |
| 21 | Tohono O'odham Community College | Sells | Public, 2-year | 5 |
| 22 | Scottsdale Community College | Scottsdale | Public, 4-year | 2 |
| 23 | South Mountain Community College | Phoenix | Public, 4-year | 2 |
| 24 | Arizona Christian University | Glendale | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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