Is Arizona State University a good school?

Question

Dealing with issues such as the campus and dorms. Are they good, better than usual and the parties and stuff. I live in Boston and trying to move there so it can be warm all the year round. Also if you know of any good fraternities list them please :-D

Answer 1

It is OK but not great. It isn't as good as The University of Arizona -- and there are probably ten to 15 schools in the Boston area that are better. US News ranks it in the third tier.

Check with US News & World Reports and with The Princeton Review for more information and for rankings.

Answer 2

If you are looking for a warm place all year round you may be in for a surprise. It may be warm to you compared to Boston. It gets cold even in Southern California and Florida in the winter. Parts of Southern California had snow in March this year. It's rare though. It still gets pretty cold. If you call 40 degrees cold. I do. Check the Arizona temperature before you make the move.

Answer 3

Check out The Princeton Review (not related to the University)
Gives reviews of schools...
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/default.asp

Answer 4

My Husband went to this school and it was a really good school for kids that live there the cost was outrageous for out of state students. The school was awesome all together though

Answer 5

Their football and basketball team are good. They are a Division 1 school on the athletic level which is usally good.

Arizona State University (ASU) is a public institution of higher education and research with several campuses located in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The main campus, located in Tempe, is as of 2005 the largest university campus in terms of student enrollment in the United States, with a student body of 51,612.

With all those people their parties are good. They are really wild and not bad academically.

Here's their rank...AT LEAST they are ranked..

Reputation and ranking
Many of ASU's departments were ranked in the top 50 by US News and World Report in 2005.

The College of Education [1] was ranked 35th in the nation in 2005. Its program in counseling was ranked 12th in the nation, and its Education Policy Studies [2] doctoral program was ranked 15th. Six out of nine of the College's specialty programs were ranked in the top 20.

The following graduate departments in engineering were listed with their respective rankings (out of 300+ institutions):

Electrical Engineering: 29th
Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering: 25th
Biomedical/Bioengineering: 20th
Chemical Engineering: 50th
Civil Engineering: 41st
Computer Engineering: 34th
Industrial Engineering: 15th
Mechanical Engineering: 37th
The W.P. Carey School of Business MBA program was ranked 31st and the undergraduate business program ranked 25th. Graduate business programs listed are as follows (out of 300+ institutions):

Supply Chain Management: 5th
Computer Information Systems: 18th
Production/operations: 21st
Accounting: 26th
Management: 28th
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design is reputedly rigorous and highly ranked. An annual event for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism is a visit from Walter Cronkite himself to award the distinguished Cronkite Award.

The Hugh Downs School of Communication is nationally ranked for undergraduate and doctoral programs in the study of intercultural and organizational communication by the National Communication Association. Hugh Downs visits the school often and plays an integral part in the school’s success.

Notable athletic alumni include baseball players Sal Bando, Floyd Bannister, Hubie Brooks, Alvin Davis, Bob Horner, Oddibe McDowell, Barry Bonds, Paul Lo Duca, Fernando Viña and Reggie Jackson, football players Wilford "Whizzer" White, Jake Plummer, Todd Heap, Danny White, Woody Green, Derrick Rodgers, Ben Malone, Paul Justin, Jim Jeffcoat, John Jefferson, Eric Allen, Adam Archuleta, Mike Haynes, John Henry Johnson, Curley Culp, Danny Villa, J.D. Hill, Charley Taylor, Keith Poole, Terrell Suggs, Vernon Maxwell, David Fulcher, Gerald Riggs, Bob Breunig, Larry Gordon, Al Harris, Randall McDaniel, Bruce Hardy, Darren Woodson, Mark Malone, David Fulcher, Junior Ah You, Luis Zendejas, Pat Tillman, and Norris Stevenson, basketball players Joe Caldwell, Fat Lever, Byron Scott, Ike Diogu, Eddie House, Mario Bennett, Lionel Hollins, Alton Lister, Awvee Storey, and Ryneldi Becenti, golfers Phil Mickelson and Grace Park, and announcer Al Michaels.

Their alumni, steroid user Barry Bonds..went there..that is cold..
Pat Tillman the NFL player that died serving in Iraq (R.I.P.) played football here..

It's a great school..I would go there if it wasn't far from New Jersey

Answer 6

asu is good. but u of a is better, also cheaper to live at, nicer people, cooler summers and better football team

Answer 7

I think so.!