Schools & Education
Education is an important part of life in Mesa, from elementary to the Post graduation level. Mesa educations are technology driven and have the progressive vision for the future. The public and private schools, technical or medical schools, all set a standard of excellence with students and the minds that minds that teach them.
Mesa has the first rate educational institutions with numerous colleges and universities, public high schools, private high schools and private primary/middle schools that provide value education to the students of all levels. Arizona State University, Mesa Community College, Arizona Institute of Business and Technology, Keller Graduate School of Management are some of the premium educational institutes of the city that enrolls thousand of students every year. Other institutes of repute are University of Phoenix, Rio Salado Community college, Al Collins Graphic Design School Ltd etc also attracts thousands of students every year. Some of the best public and private high & middle schools are Mountain View High School, Poston Jr. School, Shepherd Jr. School to name a few. 84.7% of the population of the city is the high school pupil, 21.6% are bachelor degree holders, 6.7% has professional degree and the unemployed percent is around 4.2%.
Mesa has a great public library with a wide range of study materials in varied subjects. The operating income of the library is $10,871,067. It is loaded with more than 651,544 books; 21,981 audio materials; 19,617 video materials and 2,500 serial subscriptions.