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
 * 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