Arizona State University

Enrolled first-year students at ASU report an average high school GPA of about 3.52, and academic GPA is the single most important factor in ASU's admissions review. There is no published cutoff for the general applicant pool, but because ASU admits roughly 88% of applicants and weighs GPA, rigor of coursework, and class rank most heavily, a solid academic record is what carries the application.

ASU offers assured admission to Arizona residents who meet specific course and GPA-or-class-rank benchmarks. In its admissions review, academic GPA is rated very important and both rigor of your high school record and class rank are rated important, while state residency is considered. Among enrolled first-years who reported a rank, about 30% were in the top tenth of their class and 60% were in the top quarter.

ASU admitted about 88.4% of first-year applicants in the most recent cycle, drawing roughly 69,600 applications, admitting around 61,500 students, and enrolling about 13,700 first-years. It is a large, access-oriented public university rather than a highly selective one.

Not meaningfully — ASU's admit rates by residency are very close. In the most recent cycle, Arizona residents were admitted at about 90.0% (18,291 admitted out of 20,323 who applied), out-of-state applicants at about 87.2% (35,233 out of 40,388), and international applicants at about 89.9% (8,009 out of 8,906). In-state applicants are actually admitted at a slightly higher rate than out-of-state, but the gap is small. The bigger difference is cost: Arizona residents pay about $12,975 in tuition and fees versus $35,167 for out-of-state students.

No. ASU is test-optional, so you can apply without submitting SAT or ACT scores, and scores are only considered if you choose to send them. Standardized test scores are rated as merely 'considered' in the admissions review, and ASU does not publish admitted-class SAT or ACT score ranges in its Common Data Set.

Annual tuition and required fees are about $12,975 for Arizona residents and $35,167 for out-of-state students. On-campus housing and food add roughly $17,754, with another $1,320 in books, $1,650 in transportation, and $2,415 in personal expenses. About 54% of first-years receive need-based aid, with an average need-based package near $19,469, and ASU meets roughly 62% of demonstrated need on average.

Business and marketing is the single most popular field at roughly 24% of bachelor's degrees, followed closely by the sciences and health programs (about 19%) and engineering and computing (about 18%). Social sciences and psychology, plus arts and communication, round out most of the rest, and ASU's scale lets students choose from hundreds of programs across its colleges.

ASU's review is academics-driven: it rates academic GPA as very important, and rigor of your high school record and class rank as important, with standardized test scores and state residency only considered. Notably, ASU reports that essays, recommendations, extracurriculars, and interviews are not considered, so your transcript does the heavy lifting in the decision.

ASU enrolls more than 64,000 undergraduates, of whom about 28% come from out of state. The student body is racially varied: roughly 39% White, 28% Hispanic, 10% Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5% Black, with the remainder spread across other groups. Gender breaks down to about 51% men and 49% women.