Arizona State U.
Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | Research space | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
| 2025 | 24 | 95 | 460 | |||||||||
| 2024 | 25 | 94.8 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 29 | 94 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 30 | 93.7 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 20 | 95.8 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 22 | 95.4 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 42 | 90.9 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 51 | 88.4 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 44 | 90 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 38 | 91.5 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||||||
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 584 | 522 | 510 | 506 | 508 | 525 | 390 | 338 | 369 | 410 |
| Science and engineering | 438 | 400 | 391 | 392 | 390 | 394 | 272 | 244 | 263 | 279 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 18 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Agricultural sciences | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 12 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 54 | 49 | 46 | 47 | 54 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 30 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 15 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences | 39 | 19 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
| Computer science | 36 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 15 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Engineering | 159 | 149 | 141 | 163 | 155 | 141 | 90 | 96 | 94 | 104 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 17 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 20 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 23 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 55 | 50 | 51 | 58 | 51 | 48 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 34 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 20 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 18 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
| Mechanical engineering | 15 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| Geological sciences | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Nursing science | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Public health | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Applied mathematics | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 6 | 4 | 5 | . | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 41 | 28 | 38 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 33 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 15 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| Physics | 14 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Psychology | 30 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 33 | 17 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 7 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 49 | 72 | 59 | 58 | 55 | 61 | 47 | 37 | 37 | 41 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Economics | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Public policy analysis | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 32 | 43 | 42 | 37 | 38 | 46 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 25 |
| Non-science and engineering | 146 | 122 | 119 | 114 | 118 | 131 | 118 | 94 | 106 | 131 |
| Business | 8 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 13 |
| Business | 8 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 13 |
| Education | 32 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 18 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 18 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Education, other | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 74 | 60 | 48 | 45 | 58 | 63 | 63 | 46 | 56 | 75 |
| Letters | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| History | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Music and performing arts | 38 | 35 | 32 | 27 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 6 | 5 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 32 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 19 |
| Communication | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| Public administration and social services | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 10 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
