CITY OF PHOENIX

The City of Phoenix is the sixth largest city in America and the state Capitol with a population
over 1,300,000. The Maricopa Community Colleges currently serve the City of Phoenix
through Phoenix College on West Thomas, GateWay Community College on 40th Street,
Paradise Valley Community College in northeast Phoenix, South Mountain Community College
on South 24th Street,the City Colleges center in downtown Phoenix, the Maricopa Skill center
on East Buckeye Road, Rio Salado College at Paradise Valley Mall and on Seventh Avenue,
GateWay Community High School, the Ahwatukee Foothills center and the Small Business
Development Center as well as ninety-nine additional teaching sites located within city
boundaries. Phoenix 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	4,105
Students living in city	66,213
Teaching sites in city	304

Many students access their educational services through the Internet and others attend the
99 teaching sites located within the City of Phoenix which provide evening and weekend
coursework and training, with students often being working adults. Such services were
provided at 28 schools, 12 police or public safety offices, 18 state,county and city offices, and
41 law firms, malls or corporations. In addition,many of the Maricopa Community Colleges
maintain partnerships with corporations, industries and non-profits organizations located in
Phoenix.

Phoenix Community College is the oldest college, founded in 1920 while the other colleges
and centers have been developed to meet the needs of an ever-expanding Phoenix
population. In 2001, the combined colleges - Phoenix, GateWay, Paradise Valley, Rio Salado,
South Mountain - and the Maricopa Skill Center and other facilities outlined above served
more than 103,000 students in 1,395,378 square feet of facility on the various campuses. The
annual combined budgets of these community colleges are slightly more than $96,000,000
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