Facts and figures

#1

most innovative
school in the country

ASU ahead of Stanford and MIT

For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report named ASU the most innovative school in the U.S. in its 2022 college rankings.

Rankings by research expenditures

A chart detailing ASU research expenditures, totaling $673 million in 2020.

transdisciplinary research (FY19)

geological and earth sciences (FY19)

anthropology (FY19)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funding (FY19)

social sciences (FY19)

business management and business administration (FY19)

political science and government (FY19)

overall among institutions without a medical school (FY19)

#10

Health and Human Services (including NIH) funding among institutions without a medical school (FY18)

Entrepreneurship and innovation

160+ companies have launched based on ASU innovations, attracting over $833 million in external funding and more than 980 patents. ASU ranks No. 11 among universities worldwide for U.S. patents issued and No. 10 nationally.

new start-up companies (FY20)

135

U.S. patents (FY20)

standalone licenses and options (FY20)

306

invention disclosures (FY20)

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Facts and figures

#1

most innovative school in the country

ASU ahead of Stanford and MIT

most innovative
school in the country