ASU Facts

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Accomplishments

  • 129 countries were represented by students at ASU in 2008.
  • ASU launched the nation’s first School of Sustainability in 2007.
  • 601 new tenured and tenure-track faculty have joined ASU since 2002.
  • 91 new business ventures were created at ASU between 2005 and 2008.
  • SkySong, ASU’s Innovation Center, generates $113 million in economic impact annually.
  • $100 million in venture capital has been invested in startup companies mentored by ASU Technopolis since 2003.
  • Arizona State University has 475 community outreach programs in 540 locations, offered by 139 different units, totaling 1135 outreach opportunities.
  • ASU’s research expenditures are in the top 20 among universities without a medical school. On the same list are MIT, UC-Berkley, Georgia Tech, UT-Austin, Purdue, Cal Tech and Rockefeller.

Review a more complete summary of ASU’s Accomplishments during the last eight years.

Economic Impact

  • ASU directly employs over 20,000 Arizonans, generating $961 million in wages.
  • Spending by visitors to ASU or sponsored events generated $69 million.
  • ASU student spending directly generates $248 million of labor income in the state of Arizona.
  • ASU employee and student spending pumps over $1.8 billion into the local economy every year.
  • Arizona taxpayers invest $386 million a year in ASU, and realize a $3.4 billion economic yield on their investment.

For more information, please download the 2012 Legislative Briefing Book.

Enrollment & Student Quality

  • Fall 2010 enrollment was 70,440, making ASU the nation’s largest public university. There was a 40% increase in enrollment since 2000.
  • ASU has experienced a 51% increase in degree production since 2000, awarding 16,380 degrees in the 2009-10 academic year.

Rankings & Recognition

  • ASU is 4th among 70 schools to watch in U.S. News and World Report
  • 57 National Science Foundation Early Career Development Awards
  • Cronkite Students are ranked 1st in Nation in Broadcast News by Hearst Journalism Awards
  • ASU is No. 2 in nation for student entrepreneurs according to the 2009 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
  • 3 Nobel Laureates
  • 11 National Academy of Sciences Members
  • 11 National Academy of Engineering Members
  • 63 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
  • 87 Fulbright American Scholars
  • 613 National Merit Scholars