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When you choose Paradise Valley Community College, you are choosing excellence in higher education.
For more than 30 years, PVCC has offered quality educational programs to the community in which we live and work. Whether your goal is to prepare to transfer to the university, enter the workforce or to simply continue your lifelong learning, PVCC is the right place to start. As one of 10 colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), PVCC has created a learning environment that promotes inclusion, positive social change, and community engagement for residents of northeast Phoenix and northern Maricopa County, including Cave Creek, Carefree and North Scottsdale.
We know that it’s not just about what you learn, but how you learn it. As part of the nationally recognized Learning-centered College movement, you will experience active and engaged learning, opportunities to enhance your critical, creative and entrepreneurial thinking, and apply learning to meaningful societal issues. Our goal is to enrich learning through relevancy and rigor, develop strong leaders and prepare students to have a lasting positive impact on our community. At PVCC you will develop your full potential.
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Maricopa Community Colleges - Impact Studies
Maricopa Community Colleges is Arizona’s largest workforce developer, playing a vital role in shaping the future of the Greater Phoenix area. Serving as a critical pipeline for the state’s economic growth, our 10 colleges and 31 satellite locations support the needs of a skilled workforce through first-of-its-kind career programming designed to meet the needs of Arizona’s labor market.
Our impact goes beyond the classroom: we transform lives by addressing students’ basic needs, from nutrition to mental health, and empower high school students to transition seamlessly into higher education.
Learn more by visiting Our Impact website.