Huntsville:Schools

Huntsville has a rich educational environment. It has more Ph.D. per capita than any "non-university" town (anyone have the reference on this?). (See school systems for the general structure of the educational system in the U.S.A..)

Colleges and Universities

The following is a sub-set of the colleges in Huntsville.

Four Year and Advanced Graduate Degrees

These schools offer Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees. They may also have specialty certification programs.

• UAH (University of Alabama in Huntsville), originally a regional branch of the University of Alabama, now autonomous
• Alabama A&M University Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU)

Four Year or Bachelor's Degrees

• Oakwood College

Two Year or Associate's Degrees

• Calhoun Community College
• J F Drake State Technical College
• Virginia College

Other

• Alabama Career College
• Southeastern Institute of Technology
• Huntsville Hospital School Of Radiologic Tech

High Schools

(In rough order of founding)

Public Schools

• Huntsville High School
• Lee High School
• Johnson High School
• Butler High School
• Huntsville Center for Technology
• [[Huntsville:Grissom High School]|Grissom High School]] -- Named after Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, one of the astronauts who died in a fire in one of the early space capsules.
• C.I.T.Y.
• New Century Technology
• Seldon Center
• Columbia High School

Private Schools

• Randolph (private elementary through HS)

Middle Schools

For the folks not familiar with the current U.S. educational system. Middle school, between elementary and high school, is generally 6th-8th grade, approximately 11-13 year olds.

Partial list (Note: Many of the school names reflect the close ties of Huntsville with the space program

• Challenger Middle
• Chapman Middle
• Ed White Middle
• Whitesburg Middle

External links

• areaConnect's list of colleges for Huntsville
• Huntsville City Schools department's list of schools with contact information