Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Tucson, AZ
Population 1,000,000
Map of the United States

Weather

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

Honors College

Name W.A. Franke Honors College
Students 4,047 (11%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 36,793
Men / Women 43% / 57%
From State 52%
From Region 19%
Athletes 1.7%

Racial/Ethnic

White 48%
Hispanic 29%
Mixed 6%
Asian 5%
International 5%
Black 4%
Native American 2%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 541 28% / 72% 3% $57,172 44 92%
Biochemistry 71 +2 46% / 54% 1% $69,040 71 85%
Biotechnology 6 67% / 33% 17% $67,207 68
Microbiology 30 +2 23% / 77% 3% $54,452 36 96%
Agricultural Business and Management 18 +1 67% / 33% 6% $74,231 79 94%
Agricultural Production Operations 12 58% / 42% 0% $59,101 49
Agricultural Sciences 19 +1 47% / 53% 0% $59,489 50 94%
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 13 54% / 46% 0% $67,605 69
Animal Sciences 53 9% / 91% 0% $52,163 29 91%
Environmental Studies 9 +4 33% / 67% 0% $46,461 14 95%
Food Science and Technology 2 0% / 100% 0% $58,956 49
Natural Resources 66 35% / 65% 0% $46,461 14 95%
Nutritional Sciences 148 15% / 85% 6% $55,405 38 91%
Plant Science 7 57% / 43% 0% $58,244 47
Pre-Veterinary Studies 87 +1 15% / 85% 1% $57,038 43 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture 156 62% / 38% 8% $74,522 79 99%
Architecture 80 50% / 50% 14% $66,909 67 100%
Landscape Architecture 11 45% / 55% 0%
Urban Planning 65 +1 78% / 22% 2% $83,894 87 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 258 12% / 88% 0% $48,435 19 93%
Early Childhood Education 5 0% / 100% 0% $48,612 19 92%
Education 12 8% / 92% 0% $48,548 19
Elementary Education 125 8% / 92% 0% $48,612 19 92%
Learning Sciences 73 27% / 73% 0% $48,497 19 95%
Pre-K and Kindergarten Education 29 0% / 100% 0% $48,612 19 92%
Special Education 14 7% / 93% 0% $46,017 14 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 538 69% / 31% 9% $98,550 95 97%
Aerospace Engineering 52 71% / 29% 6% $102,914 97 96%
Architectural Engineering 12 50% / 50% 8% $88,308 90
Biomedical Engineering 46 46% / 54% 2% $97,804 95 96%
Chemical Engineering 52 54% / 46% 13% $95,154 94 98%
Civil Engineering 35 69% / 31% 3% $88,081 90 98%
Electrical & Computer Engineering 77 86% / 14% 14% $104,609 97 96%
Engineering Physics 7 86% / 14% 14% $103,452 97
Environmental Engineering 13 15% / 85% 0% $80,072 84
Industrial Engineering 26 65% / 35% 50% $104,406 97 96%
Mechanical Engineering 106 84% / 16% 3% $95,096 94 96%
Mining Engineering 17 41% / 59% 6% $102,206 97 100%
Systems Engineering 33 76% / 24% 6% $103,252 97 100%
Computer Software Engineering 49 69% / 31% 4% $108,109 98
Biosystems Engineering 13 54% / 46% 0% $78,641 83 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Fine Arts 350 37% / 63% 1% $43,707 10 94%
Game and Interactive Media Design 29 +3 69% / 31% 10% $64,262 62
Art Education 10 0% / 100% 0% $47,331 16 97%
Art History 11 +1 9% / 91% 0% $35,813 4 92%
Dance 38 21% / 79% 3% $32,637 3 95%
Design and Applied Arts 2 0% / 100% 0%
Design and Visual Communications 17 +1 12% / 88% 0% $57,854 46
Film Studies 83 53% / 47% 0% $54,549 36 94%
Music 22 +3 64% / 36% 0% $38,350 5 92%
Music Education 14 +2 50% / 50% 0% $47,331 16 97%
Music Performance 13 +1 62% / 38% 0% $38,350 5 92%
Musical Theatre 10 40% / 60% 0% $28,612 2 95%
Studio Art 76 +1 20% / 80% 1% $35,813 4 92%
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 15 20% / 80% 0% $28,612 2 95%
Theatre 10 30% / 70% 0% $28,612 2 95%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Humanities 587 41% / 59% 2% $50,460 24 92%
Arabic 6 +2 50% / 50% 0% $48,463 19
Classics 11 +8 45% / 55% 0% $48,360 18
Comparative Literature 1 100% / 0% 0% $50,965 25 77%
Creative Writing 37 +7 30% / 70% 3% $47,672 17 96%
English 41 +5 29% / 71% 5% $48,236 18 94%
French 9 +5 22% / 78% 33% $47,349 16 89%
German 7 +3 29% / 71% 0% $48,357 18
Humanities 90 +2 38% / 62% 2% $50,527 24
Interdisciplinary Studies 211 48% / 52% 2% $53,023 31 93%
Interdisciplinary Studies 7 57% / 43% 0% $50,307 23
Italian 6 +7 50% / 50% 0% $47,349 16 89%
Linguistics 23 48% / 52% 0% $50,965 25 77%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 19 +1 26% / 74% 0% $50,706 25
Professional Writing 2 +2 50% / 50% 0% $47,672 17 96%
Russian 9 +6 56% / 44% 0% $48,231 18
Spanish 75 +27 29% / 71% 0% $47,349 16 89%
Sustainability Studies 33 58% / 42% 3% $50,085 23
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 499 14% / 86% 1% $69,858 73 95%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 61 +1 3% / 97% 0% $58,730 48 95%
Community Health 87 9% / 91% 0% $46,395 14 93%
Emergency Medical Technology 16 56% / 44% 0% $62,847 59
Health Sciences 30 30% / 70% 0% $63,631 61
Health and Wellness 32 34% / 66% 3% $63,431 60
Nursing 250 12% / 88% 1% $84,916 88 95%
Mental Health Services 23 0% / 100% 0% $46,395 14 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Pharmacy 79 33% / 67% 3% $142,081 100 94%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 79 +3 33% / 67% 3% $142,081 100 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 2,835 39% / 61% 5% $66,551 67 94%
Computer Information Science 67 +6 64% / 36% 21% $84,982 88 98%
Computer Science 218 +6 78% / 22% 15% $113,402 99 96%
Cybersecurity 191 +2 75% / 25% 0% $95,015 94
Data Science 31 +5 61% / 39% 26%
Digital Information 61 +5 36% / 64% 0% $59,586 51 100%
Informatics 68 78% / 22% 0% $84,982 88 98%
Astronomy 38 +4 55% / 45% 21% $87,969 90
Chemistry 23 52% / 48% 9% $73,455 78 97%
Geosciences 18 +1 22% / 78% 17% $65,771 65 100%
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 5 +1 20% / 80% 20% $65,771 65 100%
Materials Science 7 86% / 14% 0% $98,002 95 88%
Mathematics 50 +14 56% / 44% 14% $80,680 85 90%
Mathematics and Statistics $88,212 90
Optical Sciences and Engineering 21 62% / 38% 14% $91,566 92 100%
Physics 18 +5 78% / 22% 6% $91,566 92 100%
Planetary Science 2 50% / 50% 0%
Bioinformatics 15 +4 27% / 73% 7% $67,221 68
Biological and Physical Sciences 5 20% / 80% 0%
Biology 218 +1 25% / 75% 5% $59,888 51 91%
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 27 41% / 59% 0% $46,744 15 92%
Molecular and Cellular Biology 78 +17 28% / 72% 4% $65,705 65 91%
Neuroscience 97 +10 25% / 75% 2% $62,624 58 90%
Physiology 287 35% / 65% 2% $65,351 64 94%
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services 6 +2 0% / 100% 0% $54,939 37
Engineering Management 17 71% / 29% 6% $99,134 96 91%
Human Development and Family Studies 92 +1 3% / 97% 0% $46,942 15 94%
Psychology 545 +19 19% / 81% 1% $51,459 27 92%
Psychology 135 +4 19% / 81% 1% $40,906 7 94%
Apparel and Textiles 32 9% / 91% 0% $52,150 28
Criminal Justice and Corrections 173 +1 36% / 64% 1% $57,653 45
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians 4 25% / 75% 0% $78,057 83
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations 71 73% / 27% 0% $65,273 64
Legal Studies 187 +16 35% / 65% 11% $52,859 31 98%
Science Technology 28 50% / 50% 0% $59,858 51 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 762 37% / 63% 3% $59,675 51 92%
Applied Economics 2 100% / 0% 0% $68,941 71 92%
African American Studies 3 +1 0% / 100% 0% $45,592 13 94%
Anthropology 40 +5 28% / 72% 5% $45,294 12 89%
Communication 265 +5 26% / 74% 2% $69,183 71 94%
East Asian Studies 14 +9 36% / 64% 7% $52,236 29 86%
Environmental Science and Policy 42 24% / 76% 2% $46,461 14 95%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 14 79% / 21% 0% $49,916 22 87%
Geography 13 +3 54% / 46% 0% $49,916 22 87%
History 61 +6 59% / 41% 2% $48,957 20 92%
International Studies 16 +2 19% / 81% 6% $49,787 22 88%
Jewish Studies 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $51,840 28
Journalism 74 +7 34% / 66% 0% $57,600 45 96%
Latin American Studies 1 100% / 0% 0% $52,236 29 86%
Mass Communication 6 83% / 17% 0% $69,183 71 94%
Mexican American Studies +1 $45,592 13 94%
Native American Studies 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $45,592 13 94%
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 1 +2 100% / 0% 0% $52,236 29 86%
Philosophy 18 +6 78% / 22% 0% $56,448 42 90%
Political Science 144 +18 51% / 49% 7% $63,458 60 91%
Religious Studies 4 +5 0% / 100% 0% $53,324 32
Sociology 35 +1 17% / 83% 3% $47,817 17 89%
Women's Studies 5 +5 0% / 100% 0% $45,592 13 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Eller College of Management 1,475 55% / 45% 5% $83,323 87 96%
Accounting 207 +8 54% / 46% 3% $90,441 92 97%
Business Economics 83 +6 77% / 23% 23% $68,941 71 92%
Economics 39 +2 77% / 23% 3% $101,599 97 96%
Entrepreneurship +46 $82,863 87
Finance 206 +1 67% / 33% 6% $104,303 97 99%
Financial Planning 18 78% / 22% 0% $104,303 97 99%
Human Resources Management $75,125 80 97%
Management 407 +3 57% / 43% 2% $70,228 73 95%
Management Information Systems 128 +46 69% / 31% 10% $90,911 92 96%
Marketing 224 32% / 68% 2% $88,228 90 97%
Operations Management 31 +16 74% / 26% 6% $70,228 73 95%
Organizational Leadership 30 60% / 40% 0% $70,228 73 95%
Retail Management 83 19% / 81% 2% $70,228 73 95%
Human Services 8 0% / 100% 0% $51,534 27
Public Administration 11 +3 18% / 82% 9% $56,877 43 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health 156 17% / 83% 3% $57,874 46 92%
Public Health 156 +1 17% / 83% 3% $57,874 46 92%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,631
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $44,978
Est. In-State Cost $18,927
Est. Out-of-State Cost $58,184
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

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

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).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 26.2% 2,161 30% / 70% 2% $53,191 32 92%
Business & Economics 17.9% 1,475 56% / 44% 5% $83,856 87 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 10.1% 834 31% / 69% 3% $62,991 59 91%
Computer Science 8.7% 714 71% / 29% 8% $95,370 94 97%
Health Sciences 8.6% 711 17% / 83% 1% $76,013 81 94%
Arts 6.2% 509 41% / 59% 3% $52,059 28 96%
Engineering 5.8% 476 69% / 31% 9% $98,110 95 97%
Professional 5.6% 463 42% / 58% 5% $57,195 44 98%
Agriculture & Food Science 5.5% 453 25% / 75% 2% $55,946 40 93%
Education 3.1% 258 12% / 88% 0% $48,436 19 93%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.2% 182 55% / 45% 14% $82,423 86 96%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $259M #17 56% $6.2M 55 #45 335 117
Physical Sciences & Math $226M #11 46% $1.5M 116 #11 655 105
Health Sciences $184M #46 44% $11.2M 36 #54 208 27
Engineering $121M #42 52% $4.5M 55 #67 327 73
Agriculture & Food Science $96.8M #24 45% $1.3M 17 #36 120 56
Humanities & Social Sciences $64.9M #25 32% $0.3M 149 #19 473 51
Business & Economics $18.1M #31 2% $0.2M 16 #78 43
Computer Science $15.8M #61 43% $0.0M 7 #115 73 1
Education $6.5M #78 52% $0 34 #117
Total $995M #32 47% $25.2M 485 #39 2,234 430

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

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

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 29%
SAT Range 1150 – 1420
SAT Math Range 570 – 720
SAT RW Range 580 – 700