University of Arizona
Public university in Tucson, Arizona, United States
About This School
How does this school stack up?
The University of Arizona (UA) was founded in 1885, when Arizona was still a territory (it entered the Union in 1912).
Because there were no high schools in the Arizona Territory, UA also offered college-preparatory classes for the first 23 years of its existence.
Today, UA operates 19 separate schools and colleges---including the James E. Rogers College of Law and the University of Arizona College of Medicine (with campuses in both Tucson and Phoenix)---in addition to numerous institutes and centers.
Among the latter, one of the most noteworthy is the cutting-edge Center for Consciousness Studies.
UA’s student body consists of approximately 46,000 souls.
Four UA-connected individuals have won the Nobel Prize, to wit:
- Physicists, Willis Lamb, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and Brian Schmidt
- Economist, Vernon Smith
Other prominent UA-associated persons include the following:
- Mathematicians, Charles Newman & Vladimir Zakharov
- Philosophers, Keith Lehrer, David Chalmers, Shaun Nichols & Jenann Ismael
- Astronomer, Gerard P. Kuiper
- Physicists, Daniel L. Stein & Fang Lizhi
- Theoretical biologist, Arthur Winfree
- X-ray crystallographer, Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff
- Neuroscientist, Stuart Hameroff
- Linguist, Noam Chomsky
- Psychologist, Harry Harlow
- Archaeologist, Gordon Willey
- Novelists, Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Russo & David Foster Wallace
- Popular singer, Linda Ronstadt
- Actors, Don Knotts, Greg Kinnear & Gary Shandling
- Film director, Ron Shelton
- Film and TV producer, Jerry Bruckheimer
- TV personalities, Geraldo Rivera & Savannah Guthrie
- Former US Representatives, Morris K. Udall & Stewart Udall
- Former US Senator and 1964 US Presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater
- Former US Senators Jon Kyl, Dennis DeConcini, and Bob Dole
Admissions
What does this school look for?
Annual Applications
39,941
Acceptance
84%
Graduation Rate
60%
Median SAT Score
1190
Median ACT Score
24
Costs
How much does it cost to attend?
Tuition (in-state)
$10,467
Fees (in-state)
$1,384
After Graduation
Averages for 10 years after enrolling
Avg Earnings
$56,000
Employed
89%
Campus Life
What's it like to attend this school?
The People
Full time on-campus stats
Student Body
39K
Under-Grads
33K
Graduates
6K
The Campus
Where will you be attending?
Location
1401 E University,
Tucson AZ
85721-0066
On Campus Crime Rates
Property Crime
17k per 100k
Violent Crime
1k per 100k
What is University of Arizona known for?
Our answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Top areas of influence with degrees offered
Influential People
Who are University of Arizona's Most influential alumni?
University of Arizona's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, and Biology. University of Arizona’s most academically influential people include David Foster Wallace, Geraldo Rivera, and Barbara Kingsolver.
