Prescott, Arizona Campus
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott Campus opened in 1978. The 539-acre (2.18 km2) campus is located among Arizona's Bradshaw Mountains approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from Prescott's airport, Ernest A. Love Field. At an elevation of over 5,000 feet (1,500 m), Prescott has mild seasonal weather with moderate daytime temperatures and ideal conditions for flying year-round.
Facilities at the Prescott Campus include the multi-lab Aerospace Experimentation and Fabrication Building, a wind tunnel lab, aviation safety center with accident investigation lab, library, the 48,000 sq ft (4,500 m2) academic complex, an engineering and technology center, chapel, dining hall, student union and residence halls. Total fall 2010 student enrollment at the Prescott campus was 1,705 students, including 51 graduate students.
The Prescott campus has the only Global Security and Intelligence Studies program in the country.
The Prescott campus also features a space-oriented Physics Department that involves undergraduate students in research projects funded by NSF and NASA.
Embry-Riddle's two Air Force ROTC detachments form the largest university-based Air Force commissioning source in the nation. Embry-Riddle's AFROTC detachments also produce more commissioned officers, more pilots and other rated officers for the Air Force than any other institution in the nation except the Air Force Academy. Army ROTC also operates a large detachment on the Prescott Campus.
The Prescott campus is home to the Golden Eagles Flight Team, which competes in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association. Prescott's Golden Eagles Flight Team has won the regional championship each year for the past 23 years and are the NIFA National Champions for the years 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2012.
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