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Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) offers numerous associate degrees, university transfer partnerships, specialized certificate programs, short-term job training, and community education opportunities. Courses are taught by more than 300 award-winning residential and adjunct faculty who are experts in their fields. With small class sizes, students receive individualized attention and every opportunity to engage in the learning experience both inside and outside of the classroom. EMCC Buckeye and EMCC @ West-MEC Southwest Campus locations provide additional learning opportunities for students in the far West Valley. EMCC is a designated Hispanic-Serving and Minority-Serving Institution, part of the Maricopa County Community College District.
The University of Illinois System is the state's flagship public university system. The three distinct universities in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield serve the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to our missions of excellence in teaching, research, public service and economic development. The University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System provides healthcare to the citizens of Chicago and is the largest educator of healthcare professionals in the state. Our universities attract the nation's most talented students with hundreds of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, many of them ranked among the best in the United States. We are also the state's largest educator. More than 90,000 students are enrolled at our campuses and thousands more take classes online.
The University of Cincinnati offers students a balance of educational excellence and real-world experience. Since its founding in 1819, UC has been the source of many discoveries creating positive change for society, including the first antihistamine, the first co-op education program, the first electronic organ, the Golden Gate Bridge designer and the oral polio vaccine. Each year, this urban, public, research university graduates 5,000 students, adding to more than 200,000 living alumni around the world. UC is the largest employer in the Cincinnati region, with an economic impact of more than $3 billion. Current student population: 44,251.
Simpson College is a private, United Methodist related, comprehensive liberal arts college located in Indianola, Iowa with a satellite campus in West Des Moines. Simpson is dedicated to excellence in higher education.
Manhattan College is a Lasallian educational institution founded in 1853 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Catholic religious teaching order started by Saint John Baptist de La Salle, the patron saint of teachers. De La Salle is known as the innovator of modern pedagogy for his work establishing schools to educate disadvantaged children in 17th century France.