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Tucson, AZ 85721-0066
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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateBalanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
EnrollmentHigh undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily nonresidential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District407

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University of Arizona?
589th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $6,540 $6,540 $21,949
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $315 $315 $315
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $302 $302 $874
FT Graduate Tuition $7,330 $7,330 $22,242
FT Graduate Required Fees $315 $315 $315
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $343 $343 $1,182
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $20,519 $20,519 $35,928
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $27,039 $27,039 $42,448
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $12,871 $12,871 $28,280

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $5,048 $5,542 $5,048 $5,542 $16,282 $18,676
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $1,000(N/C)
On-Campus – Room & Board $7,370 $7,812
On-Campus – Other Expenses $3,726 $3,936
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $8,550 $9,086
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $6,238 $6,510
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $3,726 $3,936

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$25
Graduate Application Fee$65
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 24,756 (11,800 male / 12,956 female)
Admitted 19,310 (8,948 male / 10,362 female)
Admission rate 78%
First-time Enrollment 6,966 (3,178 male / 3,788 female)
FT Enrollment 6,768 (3,080 male / 3,688 female)
PT Enrollment 198 (98 male / 100 female)
Total Enrollment38,767

Admission Criteria

What criteria does University of Arizona use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
RecommendationsN/A
Formal competency demo
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does University of Arizona accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Pac-12 Conference
NCAA Basketball Conference Pacific-10 Conference
NCAA Baseball Conference Pacific-10 Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference Pacific-10 Conference

ACT Test Admission

329th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 42%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) /
Math scores (25/75 %ile) /
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 21 / 27

SAT Test Admission

436th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 76%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 480 / 600
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 490 / 620
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 970 / 1220

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity6,800
Meals per WeekN/A
Room Fee$5,846
Board Fee$2,768

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 912 356 2,082 776 198 9,466 868 14,832
Accounting 32 6 66 20 2 282 6 418
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 10 8 4 2 52 78
African-American/Black Studies 6 6
Agricultural Economics 30 4 8 22 4 68
Agricultural Teacher Education 6 16 22
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 2 2 6 24 2 40
Agriculture, General 4 24 28
Agronomy and Crop Science 2 2
American Indian/Native American Studies 2 2 4 4 12
Anatomy
Animal Genetics
Animal Physiology 6 8 14
Animal Sciences, General 4 2 12 2 2 42 64
Anthropology 8 24 4 6 120 16 180
Applied Economics 14 14
Applied Mathematics 4 2 10 2 18
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 26 14 8 84 8 140
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 2 6 4 46 4 62
Art Teacher Education 2 2 2 18 8 34
Art/Art Studies, General 2 20 6 28
Astronomy 2 8 10
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General 2 4 2 8
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 2 2
Biochemistry 6 6 6 14 54 6 92
Biology Teacher Education
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 4 24 20 72 6 126
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 2 2
Biotechnology 6 4 2 8 20
Business Administration and Management, General 68 12 34 30 4 316 18 488
Business/Commerce, General 2 14 2 18
Business/Managerial Economics 2 2 10 8 62 2 86
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other 2 2 4
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology 4 8 46 56 2 138 28 286
Chemical Engineering 6 4 4 8 46 2 72
Chemistry, General 14 2 8 2 50 8 84
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 6 4 22 16 4 258 18 328
Civil Engineering, General 6 8 50 12 78
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 4 16 54 6 86
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
Communication Disorders, General 6 30 6 2 122 6 172
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 2 4 74 24 4 392 24 528
Comparative Literature
Computer Engineering, General 8 6 10 2 50 2 78
Computer and Information Sciences, General 40 2 12 6 2 96 6 166
Consumer Economics 2 14 10 102 8 136
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 4 2 2 8 16
Creative Writing 2 4 24 8 152 18 210
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration 2 12 26 2 42
Dance, General 2 4 6 52 6 70
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
Drama and Dance Teacher Education 2 18 20
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 6 28 12 50
East Asian Studies 6 2 4 6 2 24 4 50
Ecology 4 8 2 64 2 80
Economics, General 50 30 26 4 152 16 280
Education, General 2 4 2 54 14 78
Education, Other 24 2 6 8 40
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 4 6 22 2 34
Educational Psychology 6 2 4 2 16
Educational/Instructional Media Design 6 6
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 62 4 22 22 86 4 200
Elementary Education and Teaching 2 12 82 8 8 236 20 374
Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Physics 2 2 4 10
Engineering, General 10 2 12 2 2 16 6 50
Engineering, Other 2 6 8
Engineering/Industrial Management 4 8 18 4 4 76 6 120
English Language and Literature, General 6 38 4 6 148 2 212
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 8 4 26 2 40
Entomology 2 2 2 6
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies 4 4
Environmental Studies 2 4 14 2 22
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 6 2 2 10
Epidemiology 2 2 4 2 10
Family Resource Management Studies, General 2 2 4
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 6 6
Fashion Merchandising
Finance, General 22 4 28 30 230 10 324
Fine/Studio Arts, General 6 54 6 4 170 14 258
French Language Teacher Education 2 2
French Language and Literature 2 8 2 18 32
Genetic Counseling/Counselor
Geography 2 2 34 10 48
Geological/Geophysical Engineering 4 4
Geology/Earth Science, General 10 4 2 46 8 70
German Language and Literature 12 2 14
Gerontology
Health Teacher Education 12 18 16 4 52 4 106
Health and Physical Education, General
Health/Health Care Administration/Management 2 2 12 2 18
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4 6 2 2 20 34
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 2 2 24 2 4 34
History Teacher Education 20 2 22
History, General 2 8 42 6 4 214 18 302
Horticultural Science
Human Development and Family Studies, General 4 18 56 4 12 144 2 240
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General 14 50 18 2 206 12 304
Industrial Engineering 18 2 2 22
Information Technology 78 4 6 8 98
Italian Language and Literature 6 12 18
Jewish/Judaic Studies 2 2
Journalism 12 32 8 216 12 282
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching 2 2 34 2 40
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) 16 8 24
Latin American Studies 2 12 28 6 50
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other 18 2 6 26
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Library Science/Librarianship 2 26 2 10 154 38 238
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other 10 10
Linguistics 8 8 36 12 66
Management Information Systems, General 20 14 14 2 66 2 118
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 6 4 42 20 2 264 8 346
Materials Science 8 2 2 22 6 40
Mathematics Teacher Education 2 2
Mathematics, General 4 2 10 6 80 6 110
Mechanical Engineering 56 2 44 10 4 130 8 256
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 6 30 18 108 4 172
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other
Microbiology, General 2 2 4
Mining and Mineral Engineering 6 2 18 2 28
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 4 18 34 12 8 168 20 266
Music Performance, General 2 2 8 2 44 2 60
Music Teacher Education 2 6 16 2 26
Music, General 2 10 6 50 4 76
Music, Other 4 10 14
Natural Resources Management and Policy, Other
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other 2 2
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 2 2 6 58 6 74
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 6 10 2 28 12 62
Neuroscience
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 10 42 18 4 298 28 404
Nutrition Sciences 4 2 26 8 6 110 10 168
Operations Management and Supervision 2 8 10
Optics/Optical Sciences 20 16 10 84 8 142
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 4 4
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) 4 4
Pharmacology 2 2 4 4 12
Philosophy 2 10 2 40 4 62
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 6 18 2 48 2 76
Physics, General 6 6 2 42 6 62
Physiology, General 4 10 54 60 6 294 12 452
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 2 2
Plant Sciences, General 16 16
Political Science and Government, General 12 14 98 14 6 338 20 506
Pre-Veterinary Studies 2 8 2 72 2 86
Psychology, General 10 32 154 52 14 574 54 896
Public Administration 4 6 16 2 38 14 84
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) 8 8 20 6 6 64 36 150
Radio and Television 6 6 24 4 4 124 2 170
Range Science and Management
Reading Teacher Education 8 2 4 4 16 4 42
Religion/Religious Studies 2 4 24 2 32
Russian Language and Literature 2 12 10 24
School Psychology 4 6 10
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 4 16 2 22
Science Technologies/Technicians, Other 2 2 2 6
Secondary Education and Teaching 2 2 4 20 2 30
Social Science Teacher Education 2 2 4 8
Social Studies Teacher Education 2 18 20
Sociology 2 20 50 8 2 148 8 240
Soil Science and Agronomy, General 2 2 6 2 6 2 20
Spanish Language Teacher Education 14 6 20
Spanish Language and Literature 4 2 76 4 110 6 202
Special Education and Teaching, General 2 2 20 4 8 96 12 146
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Systems Engineering 6 6 4 10 26
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 6 2 2 8 4 22
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 2 26 4 32
Visual and Performing Arts, General 4 4
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor 2 2 6 24 36
Water Resources Engineering 2 6 22 8 38
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management 14 2 16
Women's Studies 4 10 2 20
Zoology/Animal Biology

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

University of Arizona 225th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $88,970 ($95,812 male / $76,989 female)
Number of FT Faculty 1,546 (984 male / 562 female)
Number of PT Faculty 592
FT Faculty Ratio 3 : 1
Total Benefits $38,011,623

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