Highlights

Excellent Students

More than 30 percent of ASU's freshmen graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class and 57 percent in the top 25 percent. ASU ranks among the top in the nation in student entrepreneurs and one of the top 10 producers of Fulbright Scholars in the U.S. ASU is also home to 612 National Merit Scholars and 324 National Hispanic Scholars. Our students have one thing in common: total immersion in an innovative atmosphere where they are able to chart their own path to success. Read more about ASU's excellent students and recent outstanding graduates.

Excellent Faculty

Since 2003, ASU has increased the number of high-level faculty members and experts on campus with the addition of 156 new award recipients, fellows or academy members, which include three Nobel laureates, 11 National Academy of Sciences members, eight American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, 91 Fulbright American Scholars, 25 Guggenheim Fellows and two members of the Royal Society. Get to know some of our faculty members by watching the professor profile videos and find out about the prestigious national and international awards and memberships.
excellent programs

Academic programs at ASU are ranked among the best in the nation. Annual college rankings by U.S. News and World Report placed ASU's undergraduate engineering programs in the top 10 percent of all undergraduate engineering programs in the nation. Business, education, public affairs, design and arts programs at ASU were rated in the top 25 percent. Explore ASU's degree programs.

Excellent Place to be

With a choice of four distinct campuses in the metro Phoenix area, ASU offers a personalized experience to immerse yourself in your studies and engage with community partners that provide internships, research and clinical practice. Journalism students learn in the heart of Arizona's media industry: Downtown Phoenix. Aviation management students have their own air field. And sustainability students get down to work in a living solar laboratory - the Tempe campus. ASU continues to develop living and learning communities where education happens 24/7. See videos and photos from current students about living at ASU or schedule a visit and come see for yourself.

University Attributes

Arizona State University's students come from every state in the U.S. and more than 120 countries each year to study in programs ranging from nursing to business, from engineering to communications. ASU students attend ASU at several campuses located throughout the metropolitan Phoenix area. ASU Main, the anchor campus, is located in Tempe. ASU West, offering upper-division and graduate studies, is located in northwest Phoenix. ASU East, the university's newest campus, offers technology and agricultural programs in the East Valley. ASU's Extended Campus offers courses through the ASU Downtown Center in central Phoenix and through other distance learning mechanisms.

Degrees Available

• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Master of Science
• Master of Arts
• Doctorate

Subject Areas

Experience Required

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Arizona State University's Mission Statement

To establish ASU as the model for a New American University, measured not by who we exclude, but rather by who we include; pursuing research and discovery that benefits the public good; assuming major responsibility for the economic, social, and cultural vitality and health and well-being of the community.