University of Phoenix-Arizona and Arizona State University-Tempe reported receiving the most federal financial aid during the 2015-16 academic year among Arizona schools, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Pima Medical Institute-Tucson and University of Arizona reported receiving the most state financial aid during the 2015-16 academic year among Arizona schools, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

At South Mountain Community College, 33.3 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis.

Grand Canyon University women's golf tops the list of highest grossing programs in the state, reporting $405,871 – or $45,097 per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Arizona residents pay the highest in-state tuition at Brookline College-Phoenix, Carrington College-Phoenix East and Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Arizona State University reported the largest share of borrowers who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

University of Phoenix reported the largest share of borrowers who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

A patent has been granted for a new testing technology developed by Northern Arizona University (NAU) and Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) that makes it easier to detect and treat valley fever, a dust-borne fungal disease.

Thomas Whitham, a regents' professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University (NAU), has been named a recipient of the first-ever Frances B. McAllister Award for Conservation and Education by the Arboretum of Flagstaff.

Bruce Hungate, Regents’ professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University (NAU) and director of the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM).

A new student-lead collaboration between Northern Arizona University (NAU) and food service company Sodexo is leading to high-volume recycling of the school's food waste.