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University of Arizona

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Tucson, AZ
Population 1,000,000
Website http://www.arizona.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 40,769
Men / Women 44% / 56%
White 47%
Hispanic 28%
Black 6%
Asian 5%
Mixed 5%
International 4%
Native American 2%
From State 52%
From Region 19%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 31%
Business & Economics 17%
Life & Natural Sciences 15%
Health Sciences 9%
Computer Science 8%
Engineering 7%
Arts 6%
Education 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 3%
Professional 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,926
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $42,278
Est. In-State Cost $18,015
Est. Out-of-State Cost $54,691
10-Year ROI $198,000
ROI Percentile 81th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 50%
6-Year Graduation Rate 68%
Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Weather

Comfortable Days 85 (10% 🥵) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,806 (99% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 312 (95% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Life & Natural Sciences $759M #28
Humanities & Social Sciences $52M #28
Engineering, Computing & Math $146M #41
Graduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 725 #17
Humanities & Social Sciences 333 #62
Engineering, Computing & Math 84 #68

Honors College

Name W.A. Franke Honors College
Students 4,047 (10%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 29%
SAT Range 1190 – 1360
SAT Math Range 570 – 720
SAT RW Range 580 – 700
ACT Range 21 – 29

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 511 26% / 74% 3% $57,472 92%
Agricultural Production Operations 11 — 36% / 64% 0% $58,398 50 —
Agricultural Sciences 8 — 62% / 38% 0% $59,757 53 94%
Animal Sciences 50 +1 10% / 90% 0% $52,398 32 91%
Biochemistry 65 +4 35% / 65% 6% $69,436 73 85%
Biotechnology 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $65,253 66 —
Environmental Studies 24 +2 29% / 71% 12% $46,607 17 95%
Food Science and Technology 2 +1 50% / 50% 50% $57,644 48 —
Microbiology 24 +3 33% / 67% 4% $54,765 39 96%
Natural Resources 60 +2 28% / 72% 0% $46,607 17 95%
Nutritional Sciences 135 +1 15% / 85% 1% $56,205 43 91%
Plant Science 10 — 70% / 30% 10% $57,862 48 —
Pre-Veterinary Studies 81 +1 9% / 91% 4% $57,295 47 98%
Agricultural Business and Management 26 — 77% / 23% 4% $74,566 80 94%
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 12 — 67% / 33% 8% $69,054 73 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture 124 64% / 36% 7% $77,918 99%
Architecture 57 — 46% / 54% 16% $68,520 72 100%
Urban Planning 67 +1 79% / 21% 0% $85,914 90 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 244 14% / 86% 1% $48,612 93%
Early Childhood Education 11 — 9% / 91% 0% $48,691 22 92%
Education 17 — 6% / 94% 0% $49,244 23 —
Elementary Education 120 — 9% / 91% 0% $48,691 22 92%
Learning Sciences 68 — 28% / 72% 3% $48,576 21 95%
Pre-K and Kindergarten Education 20 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,691 22 92%
Special Education 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $46,092 16 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 513 73% / 27% 14% $98,496 97%
Aerospace Engineering 56 — 80% / 20% 7% $103,537 97 96%
Architectural Engineering 12 — 50% / 50% 8% $88,589 91 —
Biomedical Engineering 48 — 56% / 44% 12% $98,396 96 96%
Biosystems Engineering 18 — 50% / 50% 0% $79,117 85 96%
Chemical Engineering 57 — 58% / 42% 21% $95,730 95 98%
Civil Engineering 31 — 90% / 10% 35% $88,614 91 98%
Electrical & Computer Engineering 93 — 82% / 18% 18% $105,242 98 96%
Engineering Physics 3 +1 100% / 0% 33% $93,254 94 —
Environmental Engineering 14 — 29% / 71% 0% $79,974 85 —
Industrial Engineering 26 — 77% / 23% 38% $105,038 98 96%
Mechanical Engineering 84 — 81% / 19% 7% $95,672 95 96%
Mining Engineering 17 — 65% / 35% 0% $102,825 97 100%
Systems Engineering 40 — 70% / 30% 5% $103,877 97 100%
Computer Software Engineering 14 — 100% / 0% 0% $104,254 97 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Fine Arts 337 33% / 67% 4% $42,697 94%
Game and Interactive Media Design 21 +4 81% / 19% 0% $58,408 50 —
Art Education 9 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,408 18 97%
Art History 13 +1 31% / 69% 0% $36,573 4 92%
Dance 40 — 10% / 90% 2% $33,330 3 95%
Design and Visual Communications 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,575 36 —
Film Studies 80 +2 45% / 55% 6% $55,707 42 94%
Music 19 +1 53% / 47% 11% $39,164 6 92%
Music Education 17 — 47% / 53% 0% $47,408 18 97%
Music Performance 12 +3 42% / 58% 0% $39,164 6 92%
Musical Theatre 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $29,220 2 95%
Studio Art 88 — 22% / 78% 5% $36,573 4 92%
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 13 — 38% / 62% 0% $29,220 2 95%
Theatre 8 — 0% / 100% 0% $29,220 2 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Humanities 561 42% / 58% 5% $50,891 92%
Arabic 3 +5 33% / 67% 0% $48,390 21 —
Classics 10 +4 50% / 50% 10% $48,380 21 —
Comparative Literature 2 — 0% / 100% 100% $51,217 29 77%
Creative Writing 42 +7 36% / 64% 2% $47,986 20 96%
English 37 +10 30% / 70% 8% $48,554 21 94%
French 6 +4 50% / 50% 17% $47,583 19 89%
German 2 +4 50% / 50% 0% $48,521 21 —
Humanities 59 +2 36% / 64% 2% $48,986 22 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 7 — 57% / 43% 14% $51,454 29 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 210 — 58% / 42% 7% $53,789 36 93%
Italian 4 +6 50% / 50% 0% $47,583 19 89%
Linguistics 16 +7 44% / 56% 12% $51,217 29 77%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 42 +1 26% / 74% 0% $50,870 28 —
Professional Writing 4 +1 0% / 100% 0% $47,986 20 96%
Russian 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,227 21 —
Spanish 77 +25 16% / 84% 0% $47,583 19 89%
Sustainability Studies 34 — 50% / 50% 3% $52,548 32 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 417 15% / 85% 1% $70,569 94%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 41 — 2% / 98% 2% $59,154 52 95%
Community Health 106 +1 13% / 87% 3% $46,730 17 93%
Emergency Medical Technology 13 — 54% / 46% 0% $63,523 62 —
Health Sciences 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $63,961 63 —
Health and Wellness 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $64,129 63 —
Nursing 233 — 14% / 86% 0% $85,529 89 95%
Mental Health Services 14 — 14% / 86% 7% $46,730 17 93%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Pharmacy 71 28% / 72% 3% $143,107 94%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 71 +2 28% / 72% 3% $143,107 100 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 2,590 43% / 57% 6% $67,353 94%
Computer Information Science 81 +7 77% / 23% 16% $86,506 90 98%
Computer Science 226 +3 80% / 20% 28% $115,435 99 96%
Cybersecurity 135 — 80% / 20% 0% $87,377 91 —
Digital Information 52 +6 35% / 65% 2% $60,654 56 100%
Informatics 55 — 84% / 16% 0% $86,506 90 98%
Astronomy 21 +3 71% / 29% 29% $87,730 91 —
Chemistry 18 +1 50% / 50% 0% $74,225 80 97%
Geosciences 50 — 56% / 44% 52% $66,461 68 100%
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 9 — 56% / 44% 0% $66,461 68 100%
Materials Science 11 — 64% / 36% 18% $99,030 96 88%
Mathematics 53 +20 66% / 34% 21% $81,236 86 90%
Mathematics and Statistics 34 +7 76% / 24% 18% $86,023 90 —
Optical Sciences and Engineering 28 — 79% / 21% 21% $92,526 93 100%
Physics 13 +7 77% / 23% 8% $92,526 93 100%
Bioinformatics 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $65,682 66 —
Biology 185 — 34% / 66% 5% $60,232 54 91%
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 25 +2 28% / 72% 4% $47,012 17 92%
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,389 35 —
Molecular and Cellular Biology 80 +2 25% / 75% 1% $66,082 67 91%
Neuroscience 88 +2 30% / 70% 0% $62,984 61 90%
Physiology 288 — 36% / 64% 0% $65,726 67 94%
Engineering Management 19 — 68% / 32% 5% $99,526 96 91%
Criminal Justice and Corrections 136 +2 40% / 60% 2% $55,681 42 —
Human Development and Family Studies 93 +4 8% / 92% 0% $47,311 18 94%
Legal Studies 185 +15 35% / 65% 2% $52,791 33 98%
Psychology 486 +24 16% / 84% 2% $51,974 31 92%
Psychology 113 +3 23% / 77% 4% $41,316 8 94%
Apparel and Textiles 9 +1 22% / 78% 0% $51,949 31 —
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $77,731 83 —
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations 64 +1 83% / 17% 0% $67,117 69 —
Science Technology 22 — 55% / 45% 0% $59,548 53 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 730 42% / 58% 4% $59,707 92%
Applied Economics 5 +1 40% / 60% 0% $70,028 74 92%
African American Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $45,742 15 94%
Anthropology 44 +4 34% / 66% 5% $46,008 15 89%
Communication 214 +9 37% / 63% 2% $71,141 76 94%
East Asian Studies 16 +5 56% / 44% 0% $52,408 32 86%
Environmental Science and Policy 50 — 34% / 66% 2% $46,607 17 95%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 16 — 75% / 25% 0% $50,703 27 87%
Geography 15 +5 53% / 47% 0% $50,703 27 87%
History 58 +7 60% / 40% 2% $49,272 23 92%
International Studies 19 +2 32% / 68% 11% $50,506 27 88%
Jewish Studies 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $52,818 33 —
Journalism 60 +3 33% / 67% 2% $59,230 52 96%
Latin American Studies 1 +4 0% / 100% 0% $52,408 32 86%
Mass Communication 3 +2 0% / 100% 0% $71,141 76 94%
Mexican American Studies 1 +3 0% / 100% 0% $45,742 15 94%
Native American Studies 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,742 15 94%
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 4 +3 25% / 75% 0% $52,408 32 86%
Philosophy 19 +8 58% / 42% 16% $56,983 46 90%
Political Science 146 +24 51% / 49% 9% $64,459 64 91%
Religious Studies 5 +5 40% / 60% 0% $50,720 27 —
Sociology 41 +9 34% / 66% 5% $48,571 21 89%
Women's Studies 6 +2 0% / 100% 0% $45,742 15 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Eller College of Management 1,296 55% / 45% 7% $85,472 96%
Accounting 139 +7 55% / 45% 6% $92,207 93 97%
Business Economics 101 +6 71% / 29% 33% $70,028 74 92%
Economics 30 +1 80% / 20% 3% $103,583 97 96%
Entrepreneurship — +43 — — $77,480 83 —
Finance 186 +4 72% / 28% 8% $106,340 98 99%
Financial Planning 23 — 74% / 26% 0% $106,340 98 99%
Human Resources Management 239 +5 54% / 46% 3% $76,592 82 97%
Management 96 — 48% / 52% 0% $71,600 76 95%
Management Information Systems 122 +41 69% / 31% 16% $92,686 94 96%
Marketing 212 +5 36% / 64% 5% $89,951 92 97%
Operations Management 11 +10 64% / 36% 9% $71,600 76 95%
Organizational Leadership 33 — 52% / 48% 0% $71,600 76 95%
Retail Management 68 — 25% / 75% 0% $71,600 76 95%
Human Services 13 — 15% / 85% 0% $50,507 27 —
Public Administration 23 +4 52% / 48% 0% $57,287 47 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health 169 17% / 83% 0% $58,292 92%
Public Health 169 — 17% / 83% 0% $58,292 49 92%

Rankings

Engineering

Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Growing Strong

Computer Science

Hoodie Not Included Cybersecurity
Capture-the-Flag Club President

Physical Sciences & Math

The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
The Cosmic Voyeurs (Astrophysics & Astronomy)