Rio Salado College
RIO 2010 - 2011 Snapshot
A statistical breakdown of Rio students by headcount, instructional mode, and historical graduation rate. (
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Academics
Tuition Rates
| Maricopa County Resident |
$76/credit-hour |
| Out-of-County Resident |
TBD/credit-hour |
| Out-of-State Unclassified |
$317/credit-hour |
Tuition and Fees
Recognition/Awards
- Fastest Growing Public Two-Year Colleges (of schools having enrollments of 10,000 or more) by Community College Week.
- One of Eight Highly Productive Higher-Education Institutions in, Winning by Degrees, a report which profiles cost effective best practices by McKinsey & Company
- “Military Friendly School” by G.I. Jobs Magazine
- Only Dual Enrollment program in Arizona to receive accreditation from the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP)
- Received a WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award from WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies a Peer to Peer Plagiarism detection system.
- Phi Theta Kappa student, Brendan Pierce was awarded the Coca-Cola Gold Scholar award and recognized as one the nation’s top 50 community college students
- Alpha Theta Omicron Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa received Five-Star Status, Distinguished Chapter Member and Pinnacle Awards
- KJZZ 91.5 FM received the Radio Television Digital New Association Edward R. Murrow award for continuing coverage of Arizona’s immigrations issues
- Phoenix Magazine and New Times recognized KJZZ 91.5 FM as Best of the Valley
- Sun Sounds of Arizona received 5 programming awards from the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS).
- MCTV Cox Cable 115 received international recognition: 4 bronze Telly Awards, 7 Videographer Awards and a bronze Summit Award.
- The Phoenix Business Journal named Rio the Valley’s 2011 Healthiest Employer in the mid-sized company category
- “America’s Greenest Campus” from Climate Culture
- “Top 10 Digital Savvy College” in the nation from the Center for Digital Education and Converge magazine
