Ah, time for my art institute recruitment speech :-) I go to the Art institute in Portland, OR and am very happy with it. There is atleast one in Arizona, most likely in Phoenix. The only experience I had with 3d was Bryce when I started but have branched out to 3dmax and a lil bit of Maya. It is a great school but the downside is the cost. I think it works out to about $57,000 tuition over a four year course (3 calendar yrs because it is year round school). And that price does not include books or extra supplies but I really think itll pay off in the end because we learn at a very fast rate here and will be pretty advanced in 3d knowledge by graduation. If you had any questions about it, just fire away