Tucson, AZ (population: 551,067) has one information assurance school within its city limits. ITT Technical Institute-Tucson has a total student population of 494. It is the 5150th highest ranked school in the USA and the 79th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University).
Information Assurance students from Tucson 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.
Tucson lies in Pima county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Tucson area has 362,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,870 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, ITT Technical Institute-Tucson ends up costing a student $22,755/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tucson |
| Sierra Vista | AZ | 44,234 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.0 miles |
| Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 68.8 miles |
| Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 90.0 miles |
| Gilbert | AZ | 243,090 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.1 miles |
| Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 95.1 miles |
| Mesa | AZ | 474,115 | 6 | 20.6791 | 210 | 97.8 miles |