Gila Community College (GCC) is the

community college A community college is a type of undergraduate higher education institution, generally leading to an associate degree, certificate, or diploma. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an open enr ...

serving the Gila Community College District in

Gila County, Arizona Gila County ( ) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. The county seat is Globe. Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is inclu ...

. It has two campuses: # Gila Pueblo Campus,

Globe, Arizona Globe ( "Place of Metal") is a city in and the county seat of Gila County, Arizona, Gila County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,249. Globe was founded c. 1875 as a mini ...

# Payson Campus,

Payson, Arizona Payson () is a town in northern Gila County, Arizona, Gila County, Arizona, United States. Due to Payson's location being very near to the geographic center of Arizona, it has been called "The Heart of Arizona." Payson is also considered part o ...

GCC currently has the status of a "provisional college". It operates under an accreditation contract with Eastern Arizona College, the community college of neighboring

Graham County, Arizona Graham County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,533, making it the third-least populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Safford. Graham County composes the ...

. It is currently beginning efforts to become an independent, accredited community college in its own right.

Gila Pueblo Campus

The campus buildings were originally built a atop Gila Pueblo ruins for the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation, before passing into the ownership of the University of Arizona, then the National Park Service, and finally the current community college. The Gila Pueblo ruins are thought to have been created by the

Hohokam Hohokam was a culture in the Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest, North American Southwest in what is now part of south-central Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico. It existed between 300 and 1500 CE, with cultural p ...

people.

References

External links

Gila Community College Web Site
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