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Your Education Just Got More Affordable

At Rio Salado College, we believe that the cost of textbooks shouldn’t be a barrier to your education. We’ve worked hard to make sure a significant portion of our courses offer textbooks at NO COST. In fact, more than half of all our online courses are $0 textbooks, saving you money and making your education more accessible.

Save Hundreds Each Term

Textbooks often account for a large portion of your educational expenses, but not at Rio. With our $0 Textbooks courses, you can keep more money in your pocket while still getting the high-quality education you deserve. Additionally, we offer numerous courses with low-cost textbooks, priced at $40 or less, ensuring you have affordable options no matter what you study.

Fully $0 Textbook Cost Programs

We’re not stopping at individual courses. Rio Salado College also offers Certificates of Completion and Academic Programs that are entirely free of textbook costs.

CCL Administration of Justice CCL Victimology
CCL Addictions and Substance Use Disorders Level I CCL Windows App Development
CCL Child and Family Organizations Management and Administration CCL Early Childhood Education Management and Administration
CCL Legal Studies CCL Infant and Toddler Development
CCL Professional Addictions Counseling AC Language Studies
CCL Substance Use Prevention and Interventions AC Spanish Language and Culture

Find a course with $0 or low-cost textbooks

To discover classes with $0 or low-cost textbooks, visit our Course Search. Go to Advanced Search by clicking on the three horizontal bar icon to the right of the search bar. 

To search by specific course 

  • Type in the course prefix and number in the KEYWORD field, then filter by either Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Low Textbook Cost (LTC) or both under TEXTBOOK COST. Finally, hit SEARCH.

To search by subject 

  • Leave KEYWORD blank but select a SUBJECT in the second field. Then filter by either Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Low Textbook Cost (LTC) or both under TEXTBOOK COST. Finally, hit SEARCH.

You can also follow directions from the Maricopa video.