Career Programs at AWC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Arizona Western College is $9,570 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Arizona Western College offers the alternative tuition plans .

51% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,889 (exclude student loans).

AWC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,570
Average Financial Amount	$4,889

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Arizona Western College offers 70 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, Less than 1-Year Certificate, and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 1,637 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Arizona Western College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	6	23
Less than 1 Year Certificate	40	77
2 Years Certificate	24	644
Total	70	1,637

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

23 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
77 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
644 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
893 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	0	$31,800
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	23	-
	Total	23

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Food Science	✕	4	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	15	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Welding Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Electrical/Electronics Drafting and Electrical/Electronics CAD/CADD	✕	0	-
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	0	-
Child Development	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	$22,900
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	4	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	0	-
Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing	✕	0	-
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	2	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mason/Masonry	✕	1	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	1	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	1	-
Plumbing Technology/Plumber	✕	0	-
Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	9	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	2	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	2	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	0	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	5	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	0	-
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	1	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	4	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	0	-
Accounting	✕	4	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	0	-
	Total	77

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	4	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	2	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	609 completers	$21,500
General Studies	✕	609	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	0	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	3	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	$20,500
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	5	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	3	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	5	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Retail Management	✕	0	-
Accounting	✕	2	-
	Total	644

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Agricultural Business and Management	✕	0	-
Crop Production	✕	1	-
Plant Sciences	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
American Indian/Native American Studies	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	7	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	29	-
Computer Graphics	✕	4	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	5	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	7	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	22	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Engineering	✕	15	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	1	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Welding Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Solar Energy Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	7	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	22	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	5 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	348 completers	-
General Studies	✕	348	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	10	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	10	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	0	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	13	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	98 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	78	-
Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing	✕	0	-
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	✕	2	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Homeland Security	✕	18	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	63 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	59	-
Geography	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	4	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	1	-
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (other)	✕	4	-
Plumbing Technology/Plumber	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	6	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	9	-
Music	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	2	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	21	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	0	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	2	-
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	✕	2	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	61	-
Business [+]	✕	69 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	2	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	52	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	1	-
Accounting	✕	8	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	6	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	893

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 8,050 students are attending at Arizona Western College. There are 118 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 153 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 20 to 1 (5.00%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 434 (full-time) and 396 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Arizona Western College is 23% and transfer-out rate is 12%. The retention rate is 66% at the school.

AWC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	8,050
Graduation Rate	23%
Number of Faculty	271
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

Student Population at AWC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 8,081 students enrolled into Arizona Western College. By gender, 3,372 male and 4,709 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Arizona Western College.

Student Population By Gender
Arizona Western College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,081	3,372	4,709
Full-time	2,012	885	1,127
Part-tme	6,069	2,487	3,582

There are 993 White (12.29%), 93 Black/African American (1.15%), 5,410 Hispanic (66.95%), 67 Asian (0.83%), and 6,920 students with other races attending Arizona Western College. 105 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Arizona Western College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,081	3,372	4,709
American Indian/Native American	75	23	52
Asian	67	29	38
Black/African American	93	46	47
Hispanic	5,410	2,112	3,298
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	3	5
White	993	427	566
Two More	118	53	65
Un-Known	1,212	613	599
Non-resident Alien	105	66	39

Arizona Western College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

2,576 students (31.88% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 3,123 students (38.65% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Arizona Western College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Arizona Western College
	Number of Students
Total	8,081
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,576
Enrolled Some Online Courses	3,123
Not in Online Courses	2,382

By age range, at Arizona Western College, 2,116 students are aged 20 to 24 (26.18% of total students), 4,051 students are aged below 20 (50.13%), 152 students are aged above 50 (3.19%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Arizona Western College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,081	3,372	4,709
Under 18	1,971	894	1,077
Age 18-19	2,080	899	1,181
Age 20-21	1,219	529	690
Age 22-24	897	369	528
Age 25-29	708	279	429
Age 30-34	455	155	300
Age 35-39	286	84	202
Age 40-49	299	100	199
Age 50-64	129	43	86
Over 64	23	13	10
Age Un-Known	14	7	7

Directory and Accreditation Information

Arizona Western College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1968 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Arizona Western College.

2020 S. Avenue 8E, Yuma, AZ

928-317-6000

School Website

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