Arizona State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Arizona State University, or ASU, is the largest public research university in the United States in terms of enrollment.

The school was founded in 1885 as the Tempe Normal School, with land donated by Tempe residents George and Martha Wilson. After undergoing several name and mission changes, it gained the status of a university in 1958.

ASU Tempe is one of four distinctive campuses throughout metropolitan Phoenix, focusing and research and graduate education along with an undergraduate educate that is analytic and preparatory for graduate or professional school or employment.

The university is arranged around broad pedestrian malls and encompassed by an arboretum.

The other locations of ASU are the Polytechnic, West, and Downtown Phoenix campuses.

Many of the university's programs were ranked in the top 50 by U.S. News and World Report in 2005. That same year, the Education Policy Studies doctoral program was ranked 15th, and six out of nine of the college's specialty programs were ranked in the Top 20.

ASU at Tempe offers various degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

• College of Design
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Herberger College of the Arts
• Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
• Mary Lou Fulton College of Education
• Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
• School of Earth and Space Exploration
• School of Sustainability
• W.P. Carey School of Business

Arizona State University is a member of the PAC-10 athletic conference. Athletes, students and alumni of the university are known as the "Sun Devils, with a mascot, Sparky, designed by Disney illustrator Bert Anthony.

ASU's Sun Devil Involvement Center is an active extracurricular program with more than 450 registered clubs and other campus organizations. These include sororities and fraternities, community service projects, and co-curricular programs.

Among the university's notable alumni are Steve Allen, writer, comedian, musician and "Father of the TV Talk Show"; Sal Bando, former Major League Baseball player; Reggie Jackson, former MLB player, member of Baseball Hall of Fame; Amanda Brown, author of Legally Blonde; Amanda Borden, 1996 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Winner in gymnastics; Cecil Heftel, former U.S. Representative; Doug Hopkins and Bill Leen, musicians in Gin Blossoms; Phil Mickelson, professional golfer; and the late Pat Tillman, former National Football Player, and U.S. Army Corporal.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in design, art studies, and science and laboratory technician.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• Numerous part-time students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 67,082 in 2009-2010 (58,815 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 79% of enrolled students and graduate students are 21%.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 87% are full-time and 13% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Arizona State provides on-campus housing for 10,821 of its 58,815 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Pacific-10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 190 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 143 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Arizona State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (85 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (279 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Interior Architecture
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (284 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (2,779 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Business/Management
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (290 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (31 awarded)

• Land Use Planning and Management/Development
• Natural Resources Conservation and Research

DESIGN (315 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (90 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (2,049 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Geography Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (1,033 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (105 awarded)

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
• Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Tech
• Engineering Technologies/Technicians
• Industrial Technology/Technician
• Manufacturing Technology/Technician
• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (741 awarded)

• Family Resource Management Studies
• Family and Community Services
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Public Administration
• Social Work

HOSPITALITY (69 awarded)

• Tourism and Travel Services Management

LAW (195 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (3,023 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American Indian/Native American Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (121 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Computational Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (810 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Graphic Communications
• Journalism
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (29 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (22 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (15 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

MUSIC (150 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (367 awarded)

• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (389 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (57 awarded)

• Film/Video and Photographic Arts

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (143 awarded)

• Construction Management
• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (97 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (769 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Conservation Biology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Natural Sciences
• Physics

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (61 awarded)

• Science Technologies/Technicians

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (379 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (796 awarded)

• Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
• Communication Disorders
• Educational Psychology
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Music Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (37 awarded)

• Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology
• Air Traffic Controller