CITY OF GLENDALE

The City of Glendale is a relatively compact city in northwestern Maricopa County with a
population approaching 220,000. The Maricopa Community Colleges currently serve the City
of Glendale through the Glendale Community College campus at 6000 West Olive Avenue,
the Glendale Community College North facility on Happy Valley Road, the University-College
Center on the ASU West Campus, Rio Salado at Luke Air Force Base and through six
additional teaching sites located within city boundaries. Glendale residents also enjoy the
educational and community services provided through other colleges within the ten-college
Maricopa County Community College District.

Employees living in city	1,213
Students living in city	22,676
Teaching sites in city	45

Many students access their educational services through the Internet and others attend the
six teaching sites located within the City of Glendale which provide evening and weekend
coursework and training,with students often being working adults. Such services were
provided at Apollo High School, Bicentennial School South, Cortez High School, Deer Valley
High School, McCord Consumer Direct and Mountain Ridge High School. In addition, many
of the Maricopa Community Colleges maintain partnerships with corporations, industries and
non-profits organizations located in Glendale.

Glendale Community College opened its doors in 1965 and was recently named one of
“America ’s Most Wired Colleges.” The Phoenix Business Journal also recently listed Glendale Community College as the best place in the Valley to receive computer training.In 2001, Glendale Community College served approximately 46,000 students in 624,904 square feet of facility on the West Olive Campus and 10,200 square feet of facility at 59th Avenue and
Happy Valley Road. The annual budget of Glendale Community College is approximately
$45,000,000 with most of those funds being spent on salaries or on the purchase of goods
and materials from state and local merchants.

The Maricopa Community Colleges served more than 277,000 students in 2000-2001 and
maintained corporate partnerships with more than 1,000 businesses in the Valley.Of all high
school graduates in Maricopa County,45%attend one of the community colleges within one
year of graduation.

A Community of Colleges …A World of Opportunity

Dr. Rufus Glasper
Chancellor
480.731.8100

Matt Ortega
Director of Government Relations
480.731.8154