Arizona contains thirteen schools that offer information assurance programs. University of Phoenix-Online Campus, the highest-ranking information assurance school in AZ, has a total student population of 380,232 and is the 636th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 13 information assurance schools in Arizona, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Anthem College-Phoenix comes out as the most expensive ($43,008/yr), with Cochise College as the lowest recorded at only $3,614/yr.
Information Assurance students from Arizona schools who go on to become information assurance specialists, computer security specialists, database administrators, computer and information scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 26,130 people working as computer and information scientists, research alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,370. Also, Medical records and health information technicians make on average $33,880 per year and there are about 170,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Arizona alone, there are 4,510 employed medical records and health information technicians earning an average yearly salary of $33,590. Computer and information scientists, research in this state earn $104,060/yr and there are 300 employed.
Also, within the information assurance schools in Arizona, the average student population is 7,131 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Aside from information assurance, there are 3266 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,667 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,108, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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