Arizona State University-Tempe
Arizona State University Campus Immersion is located in Tempe, Arizona. It is a public, 4-year or above institution.
From Wikipedia:
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research
university in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona, United States.
Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona
Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the largest public
universities by enrollment in the United States. It was one of about 180
“normal schools” founded in the late 19th century to train teachers for
the rapidly growing public common schools. Some closed, but most
steadily expanded their role and became state colleges in the early 20th
century, then state universities in the late 20th century.
One of three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents,
Arizona State University is a member of the Association of American
Universities and is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very
High Research Activity”. ASU has nearly 145,000 students attending
classes, with more than 62,000 students attending online, and 112,000
undergraduates and nearly 30,000 postgraduates across its five campuses
and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. ASU offers 350
degree options from its 17 colleges and more than 170 cross-discipline
centers and institutes for undergraduates students, as well as more than
400 graduate degree and certificate programs. The Arizona State Sun
Devils compete in 26 varsity-level sports in the NCAA Division I Big 12
Conference and is home to over 1,100 registered student organizations.
Sun Devil teams have won 165 national championships, including 24 NCAA
trophies. 179 Sun Devils have made Olympic teams, winning 60 Olympic
medals: 25 gold, 12 silver, and 23 bronze. As of February 2024, ASU
reported that its faculty of more than 5,000 scholars. This included 5
Nobel laureates, 11 MacArthur Fellows, 10 Pulitzer Prize winners, 11
National Academy of Engineering members, 26 National Academy of Sciences
members, 28 American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, 41 Guggenheim
fellows, 163 National Endowment for the Humanities fellows, and 289
Fulbright Program American Scholars.
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Notes
These are items that bear looking into more closely.
- This institution’s six year bachelors graduation rate is 66.9%, so approximately 3/10 of undergrads who enroll do not earn a bachelors degree from here.
Overview of institution
This, and the rest of the page, use info from the most recent year available, generally 2023.
Institution kind: Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Undergrad program: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
Graduate program: Research Doctoral: Comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school
Enrollment profile: High undergraduate (see more details below)
Average net price for undergrads on financial aid: $14,808 . This is 80% the average cost of Harvard.
Actual price for your family: Go here to see what your family may be asked to pay. It can be MUCH lower than the average price but also higher for some.
Size and setting: Four-year, large, primarily residential
In state percentage: 57% of first year students come from Arizona
In US percentage: 93% of first year students come from the US
Graduation rate (within 6 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 66.9% (this is what is usually reported as “graduation rate”)
Graduation rate (within 4 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 53.3%
Percent of students seeking a Bachelors who transfer out of this institution: 19.1%
Student to tenure-stream faculty ratio: 31.7 (undergrads to tenure-stream faculty) [Tenure explained]
Student to faculty ratio: 17.8 (undergrads to all faculty)
Degrees offered: Certificate of less than 1 year, Certificate of at least 12 weeks but less than 1 year, Certificate of at least 1 year but less than 2 years, Associate’s degree, Bachelor’s degree, Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master’s degree, Post master’s certificate, Doctor’s degree: research scholarship, Doctor’s degree: professional practice
Schedule: Semester
Institution provides on campus housing: Yes
Dorm capacity: There are enough dorm beds for 16179 students
Freshmen required to live on campus: No
Advanced placement (AP) credits used: Yes
Disabilities: 6.70 percent of undergrads are registered as having disabilities.
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Comparisons
The sections below show this institution compared with others. The ones listed are ones it has identified as peers, who consider themselves peers, and/or who the federal government considers peers. If a comparison school has the same value as the focal school, its cell is grayed out. Arrows show where there is a signficant trend over time for a school. You can swipe across the table to see more of it; the focal school column is always visible.
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion lists these schools as ones to compare itself within federal IPEDS data, and they do the same back: Florida State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion compares itself to these institutions, but not vice versa: University of California-Los Angeles, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington-Seattle Campus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Ohio State University-Main Campus, University of Maryland-College Park, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, University of Connecticut, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Indiana University-Bloomington, Michigan State University, University of Iowa
- These institutions compare themselves to Arizona State University Campus Immersion, but not vice versa: Brigham Young University, University of Central Florida, San Diego State University, University of South Florida, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, Florida International University, Texas Tech University, University of Houston, University of Missouri-Columbia, Iowa State University, The University of Alabama, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus, University of North Texas, George Mason University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, The University of Texas at Arlington, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott, Montana State University, St. John’s University-New York, University of New Mexico-Main Campus, University of Wyoming, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide, Chamberlain University-Arizona, American Public University System, University of Memphis, Northeastern University Professional Programs, CUNY Graduate School and University Center, National University, DeVry University-Arizona, Adams State University, Samuel Merritt University, Claremont Graduate University, University of Advancing Technology
Enrollment
General
Teaching
Tenure track faculty are those who are eligible for tenure. This includes both pre-tenure and tenured faculty. Once faculty get tenure, they are (generally) protected from being fired for intellectual reasons, helping to ensure their freedom in teaching and research. They can still lose their positions for misconduct, financial problems, not fulfilling their duties, or other reasons.
Non-tenure track faculty are not eligible for tenure. Some are hired one semester at a time, some have multi-year contracts. They typically have a higher teaching load than tenure track faculty, leaving less time for research or other creative endeavors. They are also easier to fire than tenured faculty. Sometimes they are external experts (a noted musician, a former senator) who are hired to teach some classes without the expected permanence of a tenure-track position.
Note that this chart uses US federal demographic data: it only has two genders and a specified set of ethnicities and races.
Having a low student to faculty ratio is considered a good thing by many, as it can mean more individual attention.
Geography
This has information on the location of the institution. See the about page for more information on what the metrics are and how they are calculated. The goal is to neutrally provide information: for example, some individuals want stringent gun control in an area, some want the opposite: the categories are meant to be descriptive.
Financial Aid
Graduation
Note these are bachelors graduation rates in six years, not four (this is standard). Sample sizes can be small for some demographic groups with few individuals in a school, leading to large year-to-year fluctuations and often extreme values for those groups (if there are two individuals in the class with a given identity, the possible graduation rates are 0%, 50%, or 100% depending on whether zero, one, or both students graduate within six years).
Library
Libraries are changing rapidly. Note that how institutions count digital collections may vary.
Diversity
The US Census Bureau has a diversity index that goes from 0 to 1. In their words, “A 0-value indicates that everyone in the population has the same racial and ethnic characteristics. A value close to 1 indicates that everyone in the population has different racial and ethnic characteristics.” This uses their formula, but with the resolution available for the federal IPEDS data (which does not separate for a given demographic group whether members identify as Hispanic or not). This metric is about heterogeneity within the population, not the proportion of the population that comes from historically excluded groups.
Following the practice of the census, the index is multiplied by 100 to give the percentage probability a random pair of individuals will have a different background. Most institutions argue that diversity is a benefit, so by default a higher number is listed as better, but there may be cases where this measure does not reflect the mission of a college (for example, 70% of the students at a tribal college or university may be American Indian: that could be low-scoring by this metric but should not be read as “bad” given the institution’s mission).
These numbers are based on the most recent year available, generally 2023, which predates effects of the US Supreme Court’s striking down of affirmative action. This has often changed, sometimes dramatically, the incoming student demographics at some institutions.
Overall diversity
Freshman profile
Demographic data for first time degree-seeking students. Note that this uses US federal demographic data: it only has two genders and a specified set of ethnicities and races.
Freshman geography
Test scores
SAT scores
ACT scores
Majors
This presents information on the number of majors and the median earnings one and five years after graduation for people who got a degree from this institution in that field. The earnings are for those who are working and not enrolled in further education. The earnings data (from the federal college scorecard) also has information on earnings for those categorized as ‘MALE’ and ‘NOMALE’ – for readability, these are recategorized here as “Men” and “Women”, respectively, which adopts the gender binary used in other federal data. “W/M earnings ratio” is the median earnings of women divided by men, as a percentage.