Get Your GED

Maybe you had to leave high school because of family; you wanted to be there for them during difficult times or to help raise a child.

Maybe you felt you just didn't “fit in” at the high school you attended, or maybe you didn't think you would need a high school diploma for the path you wanted to pursue. But now that you don't have it, you can understand just how important a high school diploma is. Every year hundreds of thousands of people get their High School Equivalency Diplomas- now it's your turn.

The Benefits

Getting A Better Job

A vast majority of the jobs in this country require an employee to have earned a high school diploma.  Official GED Transcripts are accepted by the majority of employers as a high school diploma equivalency.

Feeling Self-Respect

By earning your GED diploma you will feel a sense of pride as you have accomplished something that will better your life, and have proved to yourself that you can do anything you set their minds to.

Continuing Your Education

Once you receive your GED you can go on to college.  A GED is accepted at an overwhelming majority of colleges and universities in place of a high school diploma.  Sometimes colleges and universities offer scholarship programs for those with a GED.

Investing In Your Future

What you learn, you pass on to your children.  Developing healthy learning habits will help you transfer these habits to your children.  The knowledge you accumulate in order to pass your GED test will be integral in your own child's future.

GED Preparation

The GED preparation courses consists of five modules.

1. Science Skills
2. Social Studies
3. Language Arts Writing
4. Language Arts Reading
5. Mathematics.

The course is 60 classroom hours. See the online schedule of ABE classes here.

For more information on the Mesa Community College GED Preparation Program, please call:

GED Preparation - 480-461-6200
GED Preparation en Español - 480-461-6106
GED Preparation Online - 480-461-7492

GED Spring 2013 Class Schedule

The cost for the GED survey & preparation course is $130.00 includes the book. Read more in the GED Flyer.

GED en Español

El departamento del GED en Español en el Colegio Comunitario de Mesa ofrece un programa de preparación de 16 semanas y 96 horas de enseñanza.

El enfoque del programa del GED en Español, es de preparar a los Hispano-parlantes en obtener el diploma del equivalente a la preparatoria en los Estados Unidos. La credencial recibida al aprobar los exámenes, es reconocida por colegios comunitarios, escuelas de entrenamiento y empleadores. El diploma del GED en Español tiene el mismo valor académico que el de la versión en Inglés.

Para más información sobre el programa, llame a GED en Español al número telefónico 480-461-6106 o al correo electrónico: www.mesacc.edu/espanol

Spanish GED Spring 2013 Class Schedule

The cost for the GED survey & preparation course is $237.00. Book is $20.00. Read more in the GED Flyer.

English Life Skills for Native Spanish Speakers

The cost for the class is $135.00  including the book.

Computer Literacy Course in Spanish

The cost for the class is $50.00. No book required.