Best Community programs in Arizona, ranked by enrollment
All community and social service specialists not listed.
18 schools in Arizona run programs that feed this job, graduating 3,245 people a year. The job pays a median of $52,410 in Arizona across about 380 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Arizona that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
5 programs in Arizona that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Arizona (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Arizona page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 44.0000In Arizona → | 1,412 | 43.5% | 9 | $35,168 | $29,279 |
| 2 | CIP 44.0201In Arizona → | 1,327 | 40.9% | 5 | $39,102 | $27,000 |
| 3 | CIP 30.1701In Arizona → | 498 | 15.3% | 7 | $36,206 | $29,240 |
| 4 | CIP 19.0712In Arizona → | 7 | 0.2% | 1 | $31,642 | $23,092 |
| 5 | CIP 39.0701In Arizona → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $32,226 | $26,000 |
Top 18 schools in Arizona
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 18 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 2,140 | Human Services, General | $35,433 | 43% | $21,535 | 79% |
| 2 | University of Phoenix - Arizona Phoenix, AZ Private for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 406 | Community Organization and Advocacy | $39,269 | 21% | $15,478 | — |
| 3 | The University of Arizona Global Campus Chandler, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs | 262 | Behavioral Sciences | $37,661 | 11% | $26,445 | — |
| 4 | South Mountain Community College Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 172 | Behavioral Sciences | — | 16% | — | — |
| 5 | Glendale Community College Glendale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 81 | Behavioral Sciences | — | 16% | — | — |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs | 42 | Behavioral Sciences | — | 61% | — | 90% |
| 7 | Cochise County Community College District Sierra Vista, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 39 | Human Services, General | — | 30% | — | — |
| 8 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 30 | Community Organization and Advocacy | $43,160 | 0% | — | 67% |
| 9 | Prescott College Prescott, AZ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 20 | Community Organization and Advocacy | — | 56% | $23,166 | 95% |
| 10 | Mohave Community College Kingman, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 18 | Behavioral Sciences | — | 38% | — | — |
| 11 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Community Organization and Advocacy | $43,160 | 68% | — | 90% |
| 12 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Human Services, General | — | 68% | — | 86% |
| 13 | Arizona Christian University Glendale, AZ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Parent Education Services | — | 40% | $32,198 | 71% |
| 14 | Eastern Arizona College Thatcher, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Human Services, General | — | 42% | — | — |
| 15 | Brookline College - Phoenix Phoenix, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Human Services, General | — | 53% | — | — |
| 16 | Phoenix College Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Behavioral Sciences | — | 14% | — | — |
| 17 | American InterContinental University System Chandler, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Pastoral Studies/Counseling | — | 9% | $15,785 | — |
| 18 | Tohono O'odham Community College Sells, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Human Services, General | — | 34% | — | — |
All 18 schools in Arizona
Every school in Arizona with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Canyon University | Phoenix | Private not-for-profit | 2,140 | 2 |
| University of Phoenix - Arizona | Phoenix | Private for-profit | 406 | 3 |
| The University of Arizona Global Campus | Chandler | Public | 262 | 2 |
| South Mountain Community College | Phoenix | Public | 172 | 1 |
| Glendale Community College | Glendale | Public | 81 | 1 |
| Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff | Public | 42 | 2 |
| Cochise County Community College District | Sierra Vista | Public | 39 | 1 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion | Scottsdale | Public | 30 | 1 |
| Prescott College | Prescott | Private not-for-profit | 20 | 1 |
| Mohave Community College | Kingman | Public | 18 | 1 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Tempe | Public | 11 | 1 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Arizona Christian University | Glendale | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 1 |
| Eastern Arizona College | Thatcher | Public | 3 | 1 |
| Brookline College - Phoenix | Phoenix | Private for-profit | 2 | 1 |
What community and social service specialists, all other earn in Arizona
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $56,730. Arizona pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Arizona
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other page.
How to become a Community
- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Arizona
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 9 majors mapped to Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 19.0710Developmental Services Worker
- 19.0711Early Childhood and Family Studies
- 19.0712Parent Education Services
- 30.1701Behavioral Sciences
- 30.2502Contemplative Studies/Inquiry
- 39.0701Pastoral Studies/Counseling
- 39.0799Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other
- 44.0000Human Services, General
- 44.0201Community Organization and Advocacy
Common questions
Answers for people weighing community and social service specialists, all other programs in Arizona.
What degree do you need to become a Community?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Human Services, General, which awarded 1,412 degrees in Arizona in 2024-25, 43.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Community?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 5 programs to this occupation. The largest are Human Services, Community Organization and Advocacy, Behavioral Sciences, Human Development, plus 1 more. Together they graduate about 3,245 people a year in Arizona.
How much do community and social service specialists, all other earn in Arizona?+
The median is $52,410 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 7.6% below the U.S. median of $56,730. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for community and social service specialists, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +4.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 13,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Arizona?+
18 institutions in Arizona reported graduates from at least one of the 5 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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