Arizona Western College (AWC) is a public, co-educational, two-year community college. Arizona Western College offers more than eighty different programs, and awards associate degrees and certificates that can be completed in 2 years or less. General education, technical and vocational, and university transfer programs are included. Programs include:

Agricultural Sciences, Business, Computer Information Systems, and Pre-Engineering. Arizona Western College has the unique advantage of an innovative partnership with Northern Arizona University-Yuma, which share the same campus. Transfer students may enter upper division Northern Arizona University courses after earning a degree from Arizona Western College, and continue to pursue their academic goals. The AWC/NAU-Yuma partnership enables students to complete their studies in one location and save thousands of dollars in the process.

All Arizona Western College students benefit from a broad range of services including academic advising, career counseling, personal counseling, health services, dining services, child-care, and on-campus housing. Arizona Western College encourages student participation in campus clubs, intercollegiate athletics, and cultural, social, and recreational programs. The 640-acre Arizona Western College campus is located eight miles east of Yuma, Arizona, a historic community located in the southwestern United States, bordering California and Mexico. The campus houses thirty-five buildings including: three residence halls, a modern Learning Resource Center, a spacious Student Union, and a new Academic complex shared with NAU-Yuma, which houses a 127-station computer lab.