CITY OF TEMPE

The City of Tempe is a thriving university town surrounded by other cities and towns in
southeastern Maricopa County with a population approaching 160,000. The Maricopa
Community Colleges currently serve the City of Tempe through Rio Salado College on West
14th Street, Mesa Community College ’s Motorola University in ASU ’s Research Park and the
Maricopa Community Colleges District Office, also on 14th Street, and through 26 additional
teaching sites located within city boundaries. Tempe 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	1,194
Students living in city	13,959
Teaching sites in city	64

Many students access their educational services through the Internet and others attend
the 26 teaching sites located within the City of Tempe which provide evening and weekend
coursework and training,with students often being working adults. Such services were
provided at locations such as McClintock, Tempe, Marcos De Niza and Corona Del Sol High
Schools, Allied Signal, America West, MicroAge, Progressive Insurance, SRP, Walgreens
Healthcare Plus and Chase Manhattan Bank. In addition, many of the Maricopa Community
Colleges maintain partnerships with corporations, industries and non-profits organizations
located in Tempe.

Rio Salado College is a national and international leader in the provision of distance learning
and internet delivery courses, as well as corporate training and partnerships. In 2001, Rio
Salado College served approximately 54,000 students in 123,649 square feet of facility in the
14th Street highrise and the District office maintained 124,400 square feet of highrise facility
to service the entire district. The annual budget of Rio Salado College is approximately
$25,000,000 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