For more info. The metropolitan Tucson area is served by eight school districts with a total student population over 110,000 pupils. Colleges or Schools of Agriculture, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Graduate, Law, Medicine, Mines, Nursing, Pharmacy. The public school system in Tucson provides curriculums in both general and college-preparatory courses.
Bus service is provided either by the school or local transit lines.
Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, Hebrew and Seventh-Day Adventist are among those represented. These schools are required to be licensed and are subject to health inspections, as are all private schools. Some secondary schools conduct a community schools program of noncredit community interest classes. The University is an acknowledged leader in studies of astronomy and optical sciences, scientific instrumentation, and electronics. Kitt Peak National Observatory has offices on the campus, as does the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.