Facts and Figures

Faculty

8 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	1 Centennial Professor
3 National Academy of Sciences Members	1 ASU Origins Professor
2 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows	12 Annual Visiting Researchers
1 Carnegie Fellow	1 Ford Foundation Fellow
3 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.