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One of the top 100 world universities

ASU is ranked 78th, making ASU the highest ranked university in Arizona, by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the rankings compared 1,000 higher education institutions worldwide and are considered one of the most prominent world university rankings. read more

Wall Street Journal ranks ASU 5th in the nation for recruiting new hires

ASU ranks 5th on a list of the top universities favored by employers for job recruiting, according to a new survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal that aimed to identify "the majors and schools that best prepare students to land jobs that are satisfying, well-paid and have growth potential." read more

ASU among top schools for student Fulbright awards

In 2010-11, ASU was the second-most awarded public university for Department of State-sponsored student Fulbright awards. Nationally, ASU is sixth overall, tied with Princeton and Berkeley. With 20 awards accepted out of 50 applications, ASU's percentage of winning applications was higher than any of the other top 15 Fulbright institutions. ASU Fulbright winners are teaching English or conducting real-world research, ranging from solar energy to cancer research, in countries as diverse as Spain, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Brazil and Korea. read more

ASU ranked in the top tier of national universities

For the fifth consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranked ASU in the top tier of national universities, up 11 spots from last year to number 132. ASU also ranked eighth among “2012 Up-and-Comers” in the “2012 Best Colleges” guidebook, the fourth year ASU was chosen as a “school to watch” for innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, student life, campus and facilities. read more

Forbes magazine ranks ASU as one of America’s 'Best College Buys'

Arizona State University was named one of America's Best College Buys by Forbes magazine in its 2011 edition of "America's Best Colleges," which is a list of 100 colleges and universities that give students "the most quality for each tuition dollar spent." read more

ASU named one of nation's best, greenest universities

Arizona State University has been named one of the nation's "greenest" universities by The Princeton Review in its second annual rating of environmentally-friendly institutions. This is the second year in a row that ASU made the list. read more.

ASU named 6th in the country for veterans

In a huge leap from its #30 ranking last year, ASU is being recognized by Military Times Edge magazine as sixth in the country in its Best for Vets: College 2011 rankings. Four-year colleges and universities were ranked on school services considered the most important by student veterans. ASU was noted for its Pat Tillman Veterans Center, Veterans Upward Bound program and participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program. read more

ASU ranks among best in US for graduate degrees to ethnic minorities

ASU has again placed high in the number of master's and doctoral degrees awarded to minority students, according to figures published in the July 2011 issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The magazine's annual rankings of "The Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers" included 15 ASU rankings in the top 10. In mathematics and statistics, ASU ranks first in the nation for doctoral degrees awarded to Hispanics. read more.

ASU ranked in top 25 in the world in biological sciences

Arizona State University President Michael Crow's restructuring of classroom teaching and research in the biological sciences has vaulted previously unranked ASU School of Life Sciences into the top 25 of all research institutions in the world, as ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds, a leading higher education and careers research company based in the United Kingdom. ASU's School of Life Sciences was the first academic unit restructured at ASU to fully reflect the integrated, interdisciplinary vision of President Crow's New American University. read more

Graduate school rankings place ASU among best in US

Graduate programs at ASU rank among the best in the nation, according to the 2012 edition of “Best Graduate Schools,” published by U.S. News & World Report. Among the top tier ASU graduate programs rated this year are the nursing master’s program, business, education, engineering and law. read more

ASU's MBA grads outpace national average in job placement

Despite an unsteady economy, the majority of ASU's MBA graduates were hired in 2010. An article on job placement for MBA graduates in U.S. News & World Report says, "Schools like the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, for instance, claim the overwhelming majority of their M.B.A. students were hired in 2010. The school had an 89 percent job placement rate three months after graduation among its May M.B.A. graduates, far outpacing the national average, and up from 78.3 percent in 2009." read more

Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranks ASU's W. P. Carey School among nation's best

In a new list, Bloomberg BusinessWeek names ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business among the Top 20 public business schools for "Return on Investment." The new rankings for undergraduate programs compare the amount of money spent on annual tuition with the median base salary students receive at graduation. The W. P. Carey School of Business ranks No. 17 in the nation. It's the top ranking for any Arizona school and third highest for any public school in the western United States. read more

W. P. Carey School ranks among top online MBA programs

The online MBA program from ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business is among the 14 named to the U.S. News & World Report’s inaugural “Honor Roll” for online graduate business programs, the only Arizona-based school to be included. The school ranked in the top third in three of the four subcategories and ranked 11th in admissions, which speaks to the quality of the students in the program. The school’s full-time and evening MBA programs were already ranked Top 30 in the nation by the publication. read more

Business school among best grad schools again

U.S. News & World Report released its prestigious annual rankings for the best business schools in the country, and once again, the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is being honored. On the newly unveiled list of America’s top graduate schools for business, the school ranks No. 27 for its full-time MBA program. This is the fourth year in a row the school ranks top 30 in the nation. read more

ASU ranks 21st among most influential universities in field of mathematics

Arizona State University was ranked 21st in the world as a top institution in mathematics according to the latest data analyzed by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The rankings put ASU above Columbia, Cornell, Oxford, MIT, Penn State, Cambridge, Texas A&M and Ohio State. read more

Graduate education programs gain national recognition

In its first year after expanding to serve all four campuses of Arizona State University, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is ranked as one of the nation’s highest-quality graduate programs in education. U.S. News & World Report ranked Teachers College 25th among public graduate schools of education and 35th among all public and private graduate programs in the field. Last year ASU’s graduate education programs ranked 25th and 35th respectively. read more

Cronkite students best in the country

For five of the past six years, students in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU finished first or second nationally in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards, often referred to as the Pulitzers of college journalism. In addition, Cronkite finished first in broadcast news and third in the print category this year. The Society of Professional Journalists recently announced that the Cronkite School also won more national Mark of Excellence Awards than any other journalism school in the country for the fifth consecutive year. read more

Design school programs rank among top 20 nationally

Three programs in The Design School, in the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, were ranked among the top 20 design and architectural programs in the country. The 12th annual ranking by DesignIntelligence placed the ASU undergraduate interior design program eighth in the country and the undergraduate industrial design program ninth. The architecture program at ASU landed among the top tier – 17th – of graduate schools in the country, ahead of Princeton University and Texas A&M University. read more

Nursing and Health Innovation ranked in top 4 percent of graduate nursing programs

The ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation has achieved the highest ranking in its history and is now ranked 21st out of 467 U.S. graduate nursing programs in the "2012 U.S. News & World Report College Rankings" issued today. This ranking places the ASU college in the top 4 percent of graduate nursing programs. Since the last time these rankings came out four years ago, the college improved 11 places in the rankings. read more

Time names Crow as one of the 10 best college presidents

ASU President Michael Crow has been named by Time magazine as one of the 10 best college presidents. Crow described the goals of ASU as aiming to meet the needs of the people, “We’re done with trying to raise money for putting brass buttons on the back of our chairs,” Crow said. “What people really want from their university is, ‘Help us with these things that are most important to us.’" read more

President Crow lauded as one of the "most innovative and practical thinkers"

ASU President Michael M. Crow was lauded by Slate.com as one of the 25 “most innovative and practical thinkers of our time” for his efforts to reshape the American public university, combining inventiveness with practicality. The article explores Crow’s ideas about how universities can connect more with the real world and why they should be judged less by who gets in and more by what comes out." read more

ASU earns national honors in Peace Corps rankings

Arizona State University continued its upward trend on Peace Corps’ annual list of “Top Colleges and Universities.” With 67 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, ASU ranks 19th among all large universities, up from 20th last year and 24th the year before. Since Peace Corps’ inception in 1961, 918 ASU alumni have served in the Peace Corps. read more

One of the top universities chosen by international students

ASU ranked 20 in the nation among all colleges and universities according to a report released from the Institute of International Education. ASU has 3,856 international students enrolled in fall 2010, up from 3,549 in fall 2009. ASU draws students from more than 127 countries because of the breadth of its programs and its increasing reputation. read more

ASU selected to join prestigious Changemaker Campus Consortium

Arizona State University students want to make a difference and change the world. Now, not after they graduate. That passion and commitment to higher education as an agent for positive social transformation has earned ASU a coveted place in the Changemaker Campus Consortium, announced by Ashoka U. Ashoka U is a branch of Ashoka, a global non-profit network of more than 2,500 social entrepreneurs. Its mission is to support universities and colleges that seek to be leaders in social entrepreneurship education. read more

ASU receives presidential recognition for community service

In 2008 and 2009, ASU was named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll — the highest federal recognition a university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service learning and civic engagement. In 2009, more than 10,000 students engaged in 400,00 hours of community service. read more

ASU ranks 2nd in Pac-10 in NCAA Academic Progress Ratings

In 2010, ASU ranked second only to Stanford in the Pac-10 conference on the NCAA's Academic Progress Ratings. ASU ranked No. 2 in the Pac-10 Conference and in the top 10 in Division I athletics programs for the highest numbers of Academic All-Americans since 2000. read more

One of the nation's top 40 'coolest' schools

Sierra magazine has named ASU in the nation’s top 40 "coolest" schools for its efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. The magazine spotlights schools that are making a positive impact for the planet in its third year listing America’s greenest universities and colleges. read more

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