Pima Community College offers a number of degree programs in various areas including business, education, arts/humanities/communication, science and engineering, and computer information technology. They also have a general studies program allowing students to create their own course of study. PCC has partnerships with several Arizona universities including Arizona State and University of Arizona as well as some non-Arizona universities in order to facilitate easier associate-to-bachelor degree transitions. There are six campuses of Pima Community College as well as several learning and education centers, all located throughout Tuscon (see Reference 3).
This learning center, one of seven offered by Central Arizona college, opened in 2009. It offers a variety of options to make learning accessible to people of all ages, including both credit and non-credit courses and day, night and weekend meeting times. The SaddleBrooke Center is located in the SaddleBrooke Business Center amidst the Santa Catalina Mountains. The learning centers of Central Arizona College operate in addition to three full campuses.
Situated in Arizona's Cochise County, Cochise College is a two-year college offering degrees for university transfer as well as for career training. They provide diverse degree options including Associate of Arts, Associate of Business and Associate of Science with over 40 areas of concentration among them. Distance learning and study-abroad programs are offered in addition to traditional classroom learning, and credit can be granted for A.P. courses as well as for life experience. Cochise College has an open admission policy.
Tohono O'odham Community College, located in the town of Sells, caters mostly to Tohono O'odham residents but opens its doors to any person interested in furthering his education. Their course structure is designed so that classes go hand-in-hand with University of Arizona and Pima Community College courses, and their associate degrees are created to shift easily into four-year degrees. Tohono O'odham Community College merged with the Tohono O'odham Career Center in 2001 to launch the Department of Occupational programs which provides vocational degrees, certificates and apprenticeships to lead to full-time employment. The college also offers GED courses and developmental adult education courses.