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#1

most innovative
school in the country

ASU ahead of Stanford and MIT

For the fourth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report named ASU the most innovative school in the U.S. in its 2019 college rankings.

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Rankings by research expenditures

#1

anthropology (FY16)

#4

humanities (FY16)

 

#4

social sciences (FY16)

 

#9

overall among institutions without a medical school (FY16)

 

#9

Health and Human Services (including NIH) funding among institutions without a medical school (FY16)

#10

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funding (FY16)

 

Entrepreneurship and innovation

100 companies have launched based on ASU innovations, attracting more than $600 million in external funding, including $96 million in FY16. More than 500 people are now employed at ASU-linked startups.

15

new start-up companies (FY17)

84

U.S. patents (FY17)

 

97

major licensing and option agreements (FY17)

277

invention disclosures (FY17)

 

Faculty

3,439

total faculty
members
(fall 2016)

5

Nobel laureates

20

members of the National Academy of Sciences

 

76

fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

8

members of the National Academy of Engineering

 

6

Pulitzer Prize winners

48

members of the National Endowment for the Humanities

 
 

Students

98K+

undergraduate
and graduate
students enrolled 2016-2017

5th

in the nation for successful Fulbright Student grant applications

#1

public university chosen by international students

 

17K+

degrees awarded 2013 - 2014

 

35%

of undergraduates received Pell Grants (fall 2013)

 

2nd

best college in the nation for veterans

27

ASU programs ranked in top 10 degree producers for minorities