East Valley Institute of Technology

The East Valley Institute of Technology offers about 40 CTE programs tuition-free for high school students who reside in 10 East Valley districts - Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale, Higley, Apache Junction, Fountain Hills, Queen Creek and J.O. Combs. Students spend a half-day at EVIT and a half-day at their high school. School districts provide transportation to EVIT for most students. EVIT students have a 96 percent high school graduation rate, two out of three go on to college; and 87 percent are in jobs, college or the military within one year of completing their CTE training. In 2015, EVIT was named an A+ School of Excellence by the Arizona Educational Foundation, and readers of the East Valley Tribune voted EVIT as Best Public School in Mesa.