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University of Arizona Overview

University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. Tucson is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is University of Arizona Known For?

8,517 Undergraduate Awards
$40,854 Avg Cost After Aid
87% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at University of Arizona.
  • In a recent academic period75% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, University of Arizona bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $59,979 a year. That's about 47% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is University of Arizona?

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Contact details for University of Arizona are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1401 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721-0066
Phone: 520-621-2211
Website: www.arizona.edu

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How Do I Get Into University of Arizona?

You can apply to University of Arizona online at: https://slate.admissions.arizona.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for University of Arizona

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into University of Arizona?

87% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women
19% Submit SAT Scores
Since University of Arizona has an acceptance rate of 87%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to University of Arizona submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 680. Math scores were between 570 and 690.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Arizona  ( 570 to 680 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for University of Arizona  ( 570 to 690 )
200
800
University of Arizona received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 29. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 29.

ACT English Scores for University of Arizona  ( 20 to 29 )
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ACT Composite Scores for University of Arizona  ( 21 to 29 )
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36

Can I Afford University of Arizona?

$40,854 Net Price
26% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of University of Arizona is $40,854. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 University of Arizona, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $6,934 a year. That adds up to $27,736 over four years for those students.

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University of Arizona Undergraduate Student Diversity

28,556 Full-Time Undergraduates
56% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 35,357 undergraduate students at University of Arizona, with 28,556 being full-time and 6,801 being part-time.

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There are also 10,244 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 28,556 full-time undergraduates at University of Arizona, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Arizona students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,548
Black or African American 991
Hispanic or Latino 7,949
White 14,095
International Students 1,551
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,422

Geographic Diversity

Arizona students aren't the only ones who study at University of Arizona. At this time, all 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 118 countries are represented at University of Arizona. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

University of Arizona Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 0 272 2 159 123 556
General Psychology 0 488 0 8 0 496
Business Administration & Management 0 218 0 247 9 474
Public Health 0 193 8 145 8 354
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 274 0 17 10 301
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 101 196 0 0 0 297
Computer Information Systems 7 144 1 121 0 273
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 260 0 0 0 260
Communication & Media Studies 0 252 0 5 2 259
Computer Science 0 223 0 19 9 251
Human Resource Management 0 250 0 0 0 250
Management Information Systems 0 200 18 0 0 218
Finance & Financial Management 4 203 0 0 0 207
Electrical Engineering 0 92 0 102 9 203
Physics 0 71 9 76 47 203
Legal Professions (Other) 0 169 31 0 0 200
Marketing 0 195 0 0 0 195
Political Science & Government 0 182 0 1 5 188
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 55 0 6 125 186
Medicine 0 0 0 0 183 183
Economics 0 139 0 23 8 170
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 135 14 20 0 169
Natural Resources Conservation 0 126 0 25 14 165
Accounting 1 134 7 22 0 164
Nutrition Science 0 157 0 2 1 160
Mental & Social Health Services 0 114 0 43 0 157
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 148 0 1 5 154
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 152 0 0 0 152
Child Development & Psychology 0 131 0 0 14 145
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 133 0 133
Romance Languages 0 115 0 13 4 132
General Biology 0 127 4 0 0 131
Mechanical Engineering 0 110 0 10 7 127
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 1 103 0 15 5 124
Geography & Cartography 5 36 16 59 6 122
Mathematics 0 96 0 4 6 106
Human Development & Family Studies 3 96 3 0 0 102
Computer Software & Applications 0 97 0 0 0 97
Fine & Studio Arts 0 91 0 6 0 97
Communication Sciences 0 63 0 18 14 95
Law 0 0 0 0 95 95
Geological & Earth Sciences 1 64 0 13 12 90
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 89 0 89
History 0 78 0 3 4 85
Urban & Regional Planning 0 64 0 20 0 84
Chemical Engineering 0 68 0 7 4 79
Systems Engineering 0 44 3 23 9 79
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 65 0 13 0 78
Biomedical Engineering 0 53 0 16 9 78
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 0 77 0 0 0 77
Writing Studies 11 49 0 10 7 77
Journalism 0 69 0 7 0 76
Special Education 0 12 3 58 3 76
General English Literature 0 69 0 1 4 74
Library & Information Science 0 0 21 52 0 73
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 56 0 8 5 69
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 62 0 0 6 68
Entrepreneurial Studies 1 58 0 9 0 68
Educational Assessment 0 64 4 0 0 68
General Education 0 0 10 51 3 64
Statistics 0 48 3 9 4 64
Anthropology 0 47 0 9 5 61
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 30 0 17 12 59
Area Studies 0 42 0 11 5 58
Public Administration 0 32 3 23 0 58
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 58 0 0 0 58
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 53 1 3 0 57
Sociology 0 49 0 0 7 56
Chemistry 0 24 0 9 22 55
Business/Managerial Economics 0 54 0 0 0 54
Music 0 33 0 12 9 54
Educational Administration 0 0 1 22 29 52
International Studies 0 26 1 25 0 52
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 26 0 10 16 52
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 44 7 51
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 48 0 0 0 48
Agricultural Economics & Business 16 31 0 0 0 47
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 47 0 47
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 27 0 7 11 45
Sustainability Science 0 35 0 9 0 44
Philosophy 0 31 0 4 9 44
Civil Engineering 0 32 0 4 7 43
Engineering-Related Fields 0 21 5 16 0 42
Other Science Technologies/Technicians 0 42 0 0 0 42
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 5 35 0 40
Drama & Theater Arts 0 38 0 2 0 40
Industrial Engineering 0 22 0 16 0 38
Dance 0 33 0 4 0 37
Real Estate Development 0 0 3 33 0 36
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 0 36 0 0 0 36
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 8 2 25 0 35
Classical Languages & Literature 0 21 0 13 0 34
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 22 0 3 8 33
Ethnic Studies 9 19 0 1 4 33
Legal Research 0 0 18 15 0 33
Materials Sciences 0 11 0 15 4 30
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 19 5 6 30
Animal Science 0 24 0 5 0 29
Health & Physical Education 29 0 0 0 0 29
Information Technology 0 0 27 0 0 27
Security Science and Technology 1 0 0 26 0 27
Biological Engineering 0 11 0 9 6 26
General Engineering 0 0 0 25 0 25
Mining Engineering 0 16 3 3 2 24
Design & Applied Arts 1 22 0 0 0 23
Agricultural Public Services 0 19 0 0 0 19
Medical Science 0 0 0 10 8 18
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 5 11 16
Biotechnology 0 2 1 12 0 15
Other Education 0 15 0 0 0 15
Human Services 0 14 0 0 0 14
Public Policy 0 0 0 14 0 14
Other Agriculture 0 13 0 0 0 13
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 10 0 2 1 13
Environmental Engineering 0 6 0 4 3 13
Germanic Languages 0 9 0 4 0 13
Religious Studies 0 13 0 0 0 13
Teaching English or French 2 0 3 7 0 12
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 12 0 0 0 12
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 0 12 0 12
Wildlife Management 12 0 0 0 0 12
Agricultural Production 0 10 0 0 0 10
Architectural Engineering 0 10 0 0 0 10
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 8 0 2 0 10
Molecular Medicine 0 0 0 1 8 9
Information Science 0 0 0 7 1 8
Data Science 0 0 0 8 0 8
Allied Health Professions 0 7 0 0 0 7
Historic Preservation 0 0 7 0 0 7
Plant Sciences 0 3 0 0 3 6
Zoology 5 0 0 0 1 6
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 6 0 0 0 6
Legal Support Services 6 0 0 0 0 6
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 5 0 0 5
Communication & Journalism (Other) 0 0 0 4 0 4
Engineering Physics 0 4 0 0 0 4
Family & Consumer Economics 0 0 0 2 2 4
Other Health Professions 0 0 4 0 0 4
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 2 0 1 1 4
Engineering-Related Technologies 0 1 0 2 0 3
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 0 0 3 0 0 3
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 2 0 0 2
Health Sciences & Services 1 1 0 0 0 2
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 2 2
Museum Studies 0 0 2 0 0 2
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 0 2 0 2
General Social Sciences 1 0 1 0 0 2
Food Science Technology 0 1 0 0 0 1
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 0 0 1 1
Genetics 0 0 0 1 0 1
Geoscience Engineering 0 0 1 0 0 1
Iranian & Persian Languages 0 0 0 1 0 1
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cultural Studies & Analysis 0 0 1 0 0 1
Natural Resource Management 1 0 0 0 0 1
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0
Landscape Architecture 0 0 0 0 0 0
Architecture (Other) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quality Control Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Agricultural Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Human Sciences Business Services 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Data Analytics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Linguistics and Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security 0 0 0 0 0 0
Archeology 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Visual Art 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 220 8,297 275 2,297 990 12,079

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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