Facts and Figures
Faculty
| 11 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows | 3 President's Professors |
| 5 Fulbright American Scholars | 1 Foundation Professor |
| 2 National Science Foundation Early Career Development Awardees | 2 Centennial Professors |
| 3 National Academy of Sciences Members | 1 ASU Origins Professor |
| 3 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members | 1 Carnegie Fellow |
| 4 Regents Professors | 50 Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty |
Research
Projects
The school’s research endeavors encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and student participation in pursuit of solutions to real-world problems. Our research themes are:
#1 in the U.S. for research expenditures in anthropology
– National Science Foundation Rankings, 2019
- Human Origins, Evolution and Diversity
- Societies and their Natural Environments
- Biocultural Dimensions of Global Health
- Culture, Heritage and Identity
- Global Dynamics and Regional Interactions
- Urban Societies
Publications
225 faculty-edited and/or authored papers, journals and books produced in academic year 2016-2017
Funding
Annual grants and awards (financial year 2016-2017) = $15.9 million
Collections
Our collections comprise over 2 million specimens, including ethnographic items; evolutionary artifacts, fossils, and remains; the Hedgpeth Hills petroglyphs – the largest concentration of Native American rock art in the Phoenix area – and more than 350,000 individual and bulk archaeological specimens.
Facilities
| 35 Labs, field stations and museums | 12 Study abroad locations, field schools and global internships |
| 3 Museums | 11 Countries where our field stations are located |
| 40 Countries where our faculty do research | 72,311 Square feet of facilities space |
Students
As of spring 2017...
| 9000 | students taught every year |
| 4100 | graduated alumni |
| 783 | undergraduate students |
| 147 | graduate students |
| 115 | bachelor degrees granted per semester |
| 20 | graduate degrees granted per semester |
In 2016-2017 alone, we had 10 students who won a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
In the same year, 15 of our graduate and undergraduate students were awarded with ASU distinction.
Nearly 60% of our doctoral graduates hold positions in academia. Other recent alumni careers include hydrologist, interpreter, investigative epidemiologist, cultural resource director, archivist, curator, botanist, environmental consultant and historic preservation planner.