Higher Education

Arizona State University - Polytechnic Campus
Located in Mesa near Williams Gateway Airport, ASU Polytechnic is emerging as one of the nation's premiere polytechnic institutes. One of ASU's four campuses, Polytechnic offers an applied approach to professional and technical programs. Integrating theory and practice with real-world problems prepares graduates to move directly into their professional and technical careers.

Polytechnic offers more than 30 academic programs in the arts, sciences, mathematics and technology. Many of the programs offered on campus are unique and not found at other comprehensive Arizona universities. 

Supplementing the programs are world-class facilities such as full-motion flight simulators, solar and fuel cell testing facilities, a clean room with a fully equipped and functional fabrication lab, state-of-the-art greenhouses and a plant-made pharmaceuticals manufacturing operation.

Arizona School of Health Sciences (A.T. Still University of Health Sciences)
The Arizona School of Health Sciences offers masters of science in medical informatics, physician assistant studies, occupational therapy, advanced physician assisted studies through distance education, and sports health care.  Doctorates are offered in audiology and physical therapy. The school has recently proposed a college of osteopathic medicine for its Mesa campus.

Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (A.T. Still University of Health Sciences)
Located at the Arizona Health and Technology Park, Arizona's first dental school provides innovative curriculum in a state-of-the-art environment. Students are also provided with service education and leadership training, educating dentists to become community health leaders.

Mesa Community College
With two comprehensive campuses and several extended campuses throughout the city, Mesa Community College serves over 27,000 students annually. MCC provides quality instruction for more than 150 degree, career, and university transfer programs. As part of one of the largest community college systems in the nation, thousands of employees have received training from partnerships with Mesa Community College and the Maricopa Community College Center for Workforce Development.