Description
Paradise Valley Community College located in Phoenix, Arizona, offers everything from courses in religion or art to degrees in business and nursing. At Paradise Valley Community College you can take a course and/or get a degree in about any field imaginable. You can earn a career certificate or associate’s degree in computers, business, fire science or medical fields, among many others. Those interested in the arts and humanities may pursue an associate’s degree in education or the performing or literary arts.
At Paradise Valley there are a large number of online class offerings in such departments as Education, Health Science, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Business, History and Math.
Paradise Valley Community College has a number of student clubs and organizations that vary in focus. Clubs range in theme from the religious to the ethnic to the academic.
Student services include support for disabled and veteran students, as well as free tutoring and workshops in study skills.
The career services department offers, among other things, access to on-campus and local career fairs and online career assessment.
Paradise Valley Community College is a commuter school which does not offer on-campus housing to its primarily part-time student body, but full-time students also attend.
Financial Aid is available to eligible students in the form of loans, grants, scholarships and work-study.
Quick Facts
Location
Southwest
Setting
Large City Setting
Type
Public
Size
Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)
Website
On-Campus Housing Available
No
In-State Tuition
$1,734
Out-of-State Tuition
$7,518
Selectivity
Open Admissions
Enrollment
9,951
Students
- Total Students
- 9,951
Full-Time vs. Part-time Students
- Full-Time
- 30%
- Part-Time
- 70%
Students Coming From In-State vs. Out-of-State
- In-State
- 50%
- Out-of-State
- 50%
Ethnic Diversity
- African-American
- 2%
- Asian
- 3%
- Caucasian
- 69%
- Latino
- 10%
- Other
- 16%
Students State Origin
- Arizona
- 50%
- California
- 11%
- Illinois
- 4%
- Colorado
- 2%
- New York
- 1%
- Other
- 32%
International Students
- International
- 0%
- Domestic
- 100%
