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Science Schools
in Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
Cortiva Institute-Tucson
Pima Medical Institute
The Art Institute of Tucson
IIA College
Tucson College
Brown Mackie College-Tucson
Pima Community College
ITT Technical Institute-Tucson
University of Phoenix-Southern Arizona Campus
Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
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Science Schools in Tucson
Tucson, AZ (population: 551,067) has eleven science schools within its city limits. University of Arizona, the highest ranked school in the city with a science program, has a total student population of 38,767. It is the 834th highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University). To learn more about science programs in Tucson, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of science professors at University of Arizona such as Miranda Adelman, Mary Alt, Steve Archer, Janick Artiola, Julie Barkmeier, and Gabrielle Brown.
Science students from Tucson schools who go on to become scientists, information scientists, bioengineers, biophysicists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,308,380 people working as life, physical, and social science employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,660. Also, Operations research analysts make on average $75,370 per year and there are about 60,960 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tucson area alone, there are 40 employed operations research analysts earning an average salary of $63,710. Life, physical, and social science employees in this area earn $51,550/yr and there are 5,040 employed.
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. Thus, about 14 out of every 1000 jobs in Tucson are held by life, physical, and social science employees, and 0/1000 are held by operations research analysts.
Of the 11 science schools in Tucson, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Tucson comes out as the most expensive ($25,117/yr) for science students, with Pima Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,259/yr.
Science Programs in Tucson
University of Arizona
- Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Agronomy and Crop Science
Levels offered: Bachelors - Animal Sciences, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Horticultural Science
Levels offered: Bachelors - Plant Sciences, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Range Science and Management
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters - Soil Science and Agronomy, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Biological and biomedical sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters - Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other
Levels offered: Masters, PhD - Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other
Levels offered: Masters - Computer and information sciences and support services
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Computer and Information Sciences, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Levels offered: Bachelors - Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Levels offered: Bachelors - Social Science Teacher Education
Levels offered: Bachelors - Materials Science
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
Levels offered: PhD - Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
Levels offered: Bachelors - Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
Levels offered: Bachelors - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Levels offered: Bachelors - Library science
Levels offered: Masters - Library Science/Librarianship
Levels offered: Masters - Neuroscience
Levels offered: Masters, PhD - Nutrition Sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Physical sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Geology/Earth Science, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Optics/Optical Sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Science technologies/technicians
Levels offered: Bachelors - Science Technologies/Technicians, Other
Levels offered: Bachelors - Social sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Political Science and Government, General
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD - Social Sciences, Other
Levels offered: PhD
- Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Certificate
- Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
Levels offered: Associates
- Computer and information sciences and support services
Levels offered: Bachelors
- Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
- Computer and information sciences and support services
Levels offered: Certificate - Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
Levels offered: Certificate - Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Certificate
- Computer and information sciences and support services
Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors - Computer and Information Sciences, General
Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors - Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Associates
- Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Computer and information sciences and support services
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Computer and Information Sciences, General
Levels offered: Certificate - Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other
Levels offered: Associates - Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer
Levels offered: Associates - Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
Levels offered: Certificate - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Science technologies/technicians
Levels offered: Certificate - Criminal Justice/Police Science
Levels offered: Associates - Fire Science/Fire-fighting
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Forensic Science and Technology
Levels offered: Certificate - Social sciences
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Political Science and Government, General
Levels offered: Associates
- Computer and information sciences and support services
Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
- Computer and information sciences and support services
Levels offered: Bachelors - Computer and Information Sciences, General
Levels offered: Bachelors - Health professions and related clinical sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters - Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters - Behavioral Sciences
Levels offered: Bachelors
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Cities Near Tucson
| 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 |