Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Chancellor: Frank Ayers, Ph.D.

Founded: 1925

Prescott Campus Staff Size (2016): 253

Prescott Campus Total Enrollment (Fall 2016): 2,439

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 70 baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges.

ERU's Prescott Campus has 26 aircraft and 15 flight simulators. (ERU, 2016)

Embry-Riddle conducts more than $21 million per year in applied research.

ERU is in the design stage of a 54,000 sq. ft. regional STEM education center to be completed in 2016/2017. It will double as a laboratory for ERU students and a community learning center designed to bring high school students to the campus.

For additional information on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, please visit: Embry-Riddle Prescott

In 2017, ERU's Prescott Campus's Undergraduate Engineering program was ranked #13 in the nation, among schools without doctorate programs by U.S. News & World Report.