by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Arizona State University - Tempe was awarded 122 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.
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ASU - Tempe landed the #108 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when ASU - Tempe held the #119 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
ASU - Tempe is also ranked #2 out of 26 schools in Arizona.
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With an acceptance rate of 90%, ASU - Tempe has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Arizona State University - Tempe is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Arizona State University - Tempe is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Arizona State University - Tempe enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at ASU - Tempe for first-time, full-time students is 51%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 63,124 undergraduates at ASU - Tempe with 57,485 being full-time and 5,639 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,088 | $10,194 | $15,137 | $18,632 | $20,466 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of ASU - Tempe, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At ASU - Tempe, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $8,002 a year. That adds up to $32,008 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for ASU - Tempe are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | University Drive And Mill Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85287 |
| Phone: | 855-278-5080 |
| Website: | www.asu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 1,234 | $50,740 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 1,072 | $73,618 |
| General Biology | 1,013 | $34,206 |
| General Psychology | 886 | $37,312 |
| Business Administration & Management | 876 | $61,117 |
| Computer Science | 867 | $80,686 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 796 | $25,301 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 690 | $47,331 |
| Nursing | 499 | $78,180 |
| Social Work | 453 | $39,842 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 45,008 students took at least one online class at Arizona State University - Tempe. This is an increase from the 42,309 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 45,008 | 4,395 |
| 2021-2022 | 42,309 | 4,453 |
| 2020-2021 | 63,680 | 8,479 |
| 2018-2019 | 23,837 | 268 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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