GateWay Community College is an urban campus established in 1968 located in Phoenix, Arizona near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. GateWay is one of ten regionally accredited colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District. The Maricopa Skill Center is a division of GateWay. GateWay is also a National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium training center. GateWay is the only Maricopa Community College with a Valley Metro Light Rail stop on campus, located on the south end of the campus. GateWay Early College High School is located on the GWCC campus. Students can be enrolled in college classes and earn credits to eventually earn an Associate's Degree. The first GWECHS class graduated in May, 2008. The GWECHS received its NCA accreditation on April 1, 1997. GateWay was originally located in downtown Phoenix, named Maricopa Technical College, which became the first technical college to be established in Arizona. On May 1, 1987 Maricopa Tech became GateWay Community College, adopting the name commonly used to describe the surrounding area.