Facts and Figures

Faculty

8 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows 4 ASU President's Professors
5 Fulbright American Scholars 2 ASU Foundation Professors
2 National Science Foundation Early Career Development Awardees 1 ASU Centennial Professor
4 National Academy of Sciences Fellows 1 ASU Origins Professor
2 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows 12 Annual Visiting Researchers
1 Carnegie Fellow 62 Total Faculty Members
1 Ford Foundation Fellow 22 Emeriti Professors
4 Arizona Board of Regents Professors 54 Tenured and Tenure-Track Professors

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, 2017

  • 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 last 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

photo of Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve entrance
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.