Rio Salado College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Overview

Rio Salado College, also known as RSC, is a coeducational community college. The administrative offices of the College are located in Tempe, Arizona, United States.

The College was established in 1978 but never built a traditional campus. Except for the administrative offices, the entire college campus is online and serves thousands of students worldwide.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement, business and management, construction trades, landscaping and horticulture, media, computer science and engineering, and art studies.
• Large number of students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High female/male ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Rio Salado College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 53% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 19,186 in 2009-2010 (11,937 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 51% of the student body. About 15% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (87 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (993 awarded)

• Accounting
• Banking and Financial Support Services
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Customer Service Management
• Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Organizational Behavior Studies
• Transportation/Transportation Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (337 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (169 awarded)

• Carpentry/Carpenter
• Electrician

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (16 awarded)

• Cooking and Related Culinary Arts
• Personal and Culinary Services

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (9 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Military Technologies

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
• Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
• Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Mgmt & Recycling Tech

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (31 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Public Administration and Social Service Professions

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (107 awarded)

• Horticultural Science

LIBERAL ARTS (127 awarded)

• General Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (12 awarded)

• Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician

MEDIA (82 awarded)

• Graphic Communications

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (38 awarded)

• Dental Assisting/Assistant
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (71 awarded)

• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry

PRODUCTION TRADES (46 awarded)

• Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking
• Welding Technology/Welder

SCIENCE (7 awarded)

• Natural Sciences
• Physical Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (1,270 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Fire Science/Fire-fighting

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (106 awarded)

• Psychology
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

TRANSPORTATION (60 awarded)

• Air Transportation
• Airline Flight Attendant
• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations