Glendale

Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix.

Glendale bills itself as "Arizona's Antique Capital", with support for its claim from both Sunset magazine and a 1998 article in USA Today. Glendale is home to the popular Arrowhead Towne Center mall in the northwest part of the city. Glendale also is home to Midwestern University, metropolitan Phoenix's first medical school, as well as a major post-graduate international business school: the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

There are a number of higher education campuses in Glendale. Midwestern University is a graduate college of medicine located in Glendale. Thunderbird School of Global Management is a graduate school specializing in international management located in Glendale. Many school districts serve the city of Glendale.