Arizona

Total number of students enrolled at public and private postsecondary institutions:

  • Arizona: 553,646
  • U.S.: 18,247,094

Percentage of students enrolled in public institutions:

  • Arizona: 58%
  • U.S.: 72%

Distribution of enrollments at public institutions:

Arizona U.S.
Research: 33% 28%
Master's: 2% 19%
Bachelor's: n/a 3%
Community Colleges: 62% 48%

Average Measures of Education and Related Costs per FTE Student, Student Shares, and Production

Arizona U.S.
Public Research Public Master's Community Colleges Public Research Public Master's Community Colleges
Institution Count (number of medical programs included in the data)
3 (1) 1 19 163 (63) 266 (2) 953
Education and related costs per FTE student
2006 $12,428 $9,780 $8,092 $14,057 $10,629 $9,037
Change from 2002-2006 2% -13% 3% 2% -1% -1%
Student share of education and related costs (discounted)
2006 48% 48% 26% 51% 48% 31%
Percentage Point Change 2002-2006 11 16 3 10 10 5
Aggregate education and related spending/student completions
2006 $48,116 $33,925 $38,901 $56,271 $47,446 $43,126
Change from 2002-2006 0% 20% -21% -4% -4% -11%
Completions per 100 FTE students
2006 27 29 28 25 24 24
Change 2002-2006 1 -11 5 1 1 1
Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS state database