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IN PHOENIX LOCAL ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFORTS
Arizona State • 53,286 at the Tempe campus • ASU is known for its approach to growing an entrepre- University • 11,420 student at the Downtown Phoenix Campus neurial enterprise within a public university system. • 4,929 at West (Glendale) • ASU was ranked #1 in the U.S. for Innovation by U.S. Total Enrollment: • 5,243 at Polytech (Mesa) News & World Report, ahead of Stanford and MIT. 119,951 • 45,073 at SkySong (Scottsdale) • ASU has supported 300+ student, faculty, alumni and • The ASU Thunderbird School of Global Management is external startups over the past 10 years. set to open on the Dowtown Phoenix Campus Fall 2021. • ASU integrates Entrepreneurship into the fabric of the university with in and out of class opportunities.
University of Arizona • University of Arizona main campus is located in Tucson, • The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program at the main with students at a Downtown Phoenix Campus as well. campus in Tucson is a globally recognized program Total Enrollment: • Downtown degree programs include Eller College open to UA undergraduate and graduate students. 45,918 Executive and Evening MBA, UA College of Medicine • University of Arizona’s undergraduate McGuire at Phoenix Biomedical Campus. Entrepreneurship Program is ranked No. 8 by U.S. News & • UA Cancer Center at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s opened Wolrd Report (2020). in Fall 2015.
Northern Arizona • Northern Arizona University is partnering with the • Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and University University of Arizona to allow students to reap the Technology fosters business growth and economic benefits of the Phoenix Biomedical Campus (PBC), vitality. Total Enrollment: a 30-acre medical and bioscience campus located • NACET’s powerful program matches entrepreneurs, 30,736 in Downtown Phoenix. startups and growing companies with resources.
Grand Canyon • GCU offers online and campus-based degree programs • IDEA Club at GCU sponsors a Shark Tank inspired University for both traditional students as well as working entrepreneurship event called First Tuesday Marketplace. professionals. Every three weeks student entrepreneurs have the Total Enrollment: • GCU is experiencing an expansion that includes new opportunity to pitch their ideas in the Colangelo College 102,000+ dorms, classrooms and a student recreation center. of Business Lecture hall.
Maricopa County • The 10 Maricopa Community Colleges support the • At Gateway Community College campus, the Center for Community Colleges economic needs of Arizona and the Greater Phoenix Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI), is a comprehensive area by providing degree and workforce training business incubator centrally located in Phoenix, providing Total Enrollment: programs in response to the needs of the community. services, space and support critical to the development 114,775 of these early-stage and startup companies.