The Maricopa Community Colleges stand proudly among them, serving the largest number of students nationwide. Of the10.4 million students attending the1,132 community colleges, 5.4 million are enrolled in credit classes with another 5 million enrolled in non-credit classes.
Students represent widely differing backgrounds, cultures, ages, nationalities, interests and goals.
As the job market continues to demand greater competency in basic skills, and technology requires new training or retraining in many occupations, the number of persons attending the Maricopa Community Colleges increases annually.