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#1

most innovative
school in the country

#2 Stanford, #3 MIT

For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report named ASU the most innovative school in the U.S. in its 2017 college rankings.

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Rankings by research expenditures

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#5

social sciences (FY15)

#10

Health and Human Services (including NIH) funding among institutions without a medical school (FY15)

 

#10

overall among institutions without a medical school (FY15)

 

#11

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) funding (FY15)

 

#12

humanities (FY15)

#3

earth sciences (FY15)

 

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.

13

new start-up companies (FY16)

60

U.S. patents (FY16)

 

84

major licensing and option agreements (FY16)

269

invention disclosures (FY16)

 

Faculty

3,396

total faculty
members
(fall 2015)

5

Nobel laureates

19

members of the National Academy of Sciences

 

66

fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

10

members of the National Academy of Engineering

 

4

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