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Yavapai College Facts

99% of recent graduates would recommend Yavapai College to friends or family

  • Established: 1966
  • Mission: To provide high quality, convenient and cost-effective learning opportunities for the diverse populations of Yavapai County
  • 6 Campuses: Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Verde Valley and Sedona
  • 77 sites throughout Yavapai County host classes
  • 20 students average per class
  • 34 associate and transfer degree programs
  • 53 certificate programs
  • More than 15,000 students enrolled

More than 3,400 classes offered at YC, from Accounting to Welding!

  • More than 95 full-time faculty and 500 adjunct faculty
  • Over a million items available through the Yavapai Library Network
  • Over 10,000 full-text online journals accessible through the library’s 34 databases
  • More than $11 million awarded each year in financial aid to two-thirds of degree-seeking students
  • Men’s athletic teams in baseball, basketball and soccer and women’s teams in basketball, volleyball and softball compete in Division I of the National Junior College Athletics Association
  • The Yavapai College Foundation has awarded almost $1 million in scholarships to more than 1500 students over the past decade

Yavapai has a wide variety of transfer programs to prepare students for enrollment at Arizona's three universities!

  • 25% annual return on students’ investments. For every $1 a student invests in YC, he or she will receive a cumulative $4.35 in higher future earnings over the next 30 years
  • $69,500,000 bond issue passed by taxpayers in 2002 to fund major construction and renovations.

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