COMMUNITY PROFILES

Residents of metropolitan Tucson enjoy some of the most sophisticated and highly acclaimed healthcare institutions in the nation. Major healthcare systems like Carondelet Health Network ensure a comprehensive network of services and facilities, from major medical centers and teaching hospitals to rehabilitation centers, specialty institutes, home health care, skilled nursing, and a wide spectrum of public health screening and wellness programs. The University Medical Center, the primary teaching facility for the UA College of Medicine, also operates a long list of Centers of Excellence that benefit from the University of Arizona’s reputation as one of the nation’s foremost research universities.

Both public and private schools provide a quality education to students from preschool through graduate and professional studies. Arizona is a national leader in charter schools, an innovation that creates tuition-free public schools that operate with many of the freedoms of a private school. The University of Arizona sets the pace for educational excellence throughout metropolitan Tucson, leading the state and the nation with an array of fine programs.