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Central Arizona College

Coolidge, Arizona Public 4-year Rural area

Overview

Central Arizona College is a public four-year institution based in Coolidge, Arizona. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 5,053 students in fall 2024.

Central Arizona College offers certificates and associate degrees across 102 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Carpentry, and Biological and Physical Sciences. It awarded 1,388 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 102 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 61% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
5,053
Students enrolled
61%
First-year retention
1,388
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
102
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 102

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Construction Trades 6
Health Professions 21
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Education 4
Engineering Technologies 6
Precision Production 2
Business, Management and Marketing 8
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 4
Visual and Performing Arts 7
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Computer and Information Sciences 7
Family and Consumer Sciences 3
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 6
Communication and Journalism 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 6
Communications Technologies 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Engineering 1
Military Technologies 1
Physical Sciences 2
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Science Technologies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
61%
First-year retention, part-time students
36%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
528
Certificates under 1 year
515
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
345

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
5,053
Undergraduates, fall 2024
5,053
Full-time, fall 2024
27%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
9,287
Full-time, 2024-25
20%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
58%
Men
42%
White
30%
Hispanic or Latino
43%
Black or African American
7%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
11%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
102
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
18%
Students taking some online courses
58%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Jackie Elliott
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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