Arizona State University-West

Academics

Arizona State University at the West Campus is a satellite school of Arizona State University. The campus serves more than 9,000 students and offers both professional and liberal arts degrees.

There are three degree-granting schools located in the Arizona State University at the West campus. Those three schools are the W.P. Carey School of Business, the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. The schools all offer undergraduate and graduate degrees. There are 58 undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs offered on campus.

Three special colleges on campus are the Graduate College; the Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, which houses undergraduate honors programs; and the University College for undergraduate exploratory programs. Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University is a highly selective college that recruits academically gifted students across the United States. It has been named the

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Information Summary

Ranks 2nd in Arizona and 268th overall. See the entire top 2,000 colleges and universities list
Overall Score (about) 91.1
Total Cost On-Campus Attendance $26,006
Admission Success rate N/A
ACT / SAT 75%ile scores 25 / 1250
Student Ratio Students-to-Faculty 13 : 1
Retention (full-time / part-time) 83% / 100%
Enrollment Total (all students) 4,445

Admissions

In general, students are admitted to the West campus through the Arizona State University admissions office. Freshman must have earned a high school diploma and completed the school

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Financial Aid

Arizona State offers students a number of financial awards. There are six scholarship areas for residents of Arizona: the presidential, provost and university scholarships. Non-residents may receive a Dean

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Athletics

There are no competitive sports on the Arizona State at the West Campus, however the ASU Tempe campus is home to nine men

Local Community

Arizona State University at the West Campus is located in Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix is a major metropolitan city and the sixth-most populated city in the United States, with more than 1.4 million people living there. Phoenix is located in a desert, and its climate is very dry and hot. The average summer temperature is more than 100 degrees.

Phoenix is known for its music, fine arts, and museums, along with sports and other enterainment options. The Phoenix Symphony Hall houses the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Arizona Opera and Ballet Arizona. The Phoenix Art Museum is the largest art destination in the southwest, the local art community in downtown Phoenix is thriving. Phoenix is also home to the Phoenix Suns professional basketball team, the Phoenix Mercury women

Additional School Information

Arizona State at the West Campus features the Robert L. Fletcher Library, which has more than 400,000 volumes and an extensive media collection. There is also a Student Success Center located inside the library, which features a tutoring center for writing, math, science, and Spanish, as well as a Computing Commons that has 123 computers and free tutoring in software and internet research. The Fletcher Library has received an Honor Award, which is the highers recognition of design from the Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. There is a semi-circular reflecting pool on the library

Bibliography

  • Arizona State University. Web. 26 July 2011.
  • City of Phoenix. Web. 26 July 2011.
  • Arizona State athletics. Web. 26 July 2011.

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