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Arizona: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

Up to 4 7.1% 6.5%
5 to 14 14.1% 13.3%
15 to 19 7.2% 7.1%
20 to 24 6.9% 7.0%
25 to 44 26.3% 26.6%
45 to 64 24.5% 26.4%
65 and older 13.8% 13.0%

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Arizona: Almanac 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 16	6,392,017	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 14	14.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.2%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	26.3%	26.6%
45 to 64	24.5%	26.4%
65 and older	13.8%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	4.6%	0.9%
Asian	2.8%	4.8%
Black	4.1%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
White	73.0%	72.4%
More than one race	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	29.6%	16.3%
Other	11.9%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	6.7%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	8.5%	8.7%
High-school diploma	25.1%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	25.5%	20.6%
Associate degree	8.0%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	16.7%	17.6%
Master’s degree	6.8%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.7%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	27.7%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 41	$35,875	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	17.4%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	59,250	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	11.8%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	11,731	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$7,685	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$1,671	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$12,261	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$814,457,600	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-25.1%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$19,893,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$50,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	n/a	$1,813,221,000
Total	$19,943,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$944,795,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	4.5%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	52.4%	61.2%
State and local governments	6.4%	6.3%
Industry	3.4%	5.2%
Nonprofit	5.7%	6.1%
Institution itself	29.0%	19.4%
Other	3.1%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	15.2%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	5.5%	4.9%
Life sciences	38.1%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	2.8%	3.7%
Physical sciences	22.1%	7.6%
Psychology	1.6%	1.8%
Social sciences	5.0%	3.3%
Other sciences	5.0%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	4.6%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Arizona and Foundation	$552,350,858
Top fund raisers:
University of Arizona	$147,313,855
Arizona State University	$103,404,473
Northern Arizona University	$8,817,125

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$113,769	$112,647
Associate professor	$80,422	$78,804
Assistant professor	$68,620	$67,236
All	$82,687	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$87,677
Associate professor	n/a	$70,215
Assistant professor	n/a	$59,511
All	n/a	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	n/a	$133,973
Associate professor	n/a	$86,108
Assistant professor	n/a	$72,242
All	n/a	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$81,866	$82,002
Associate professor	$73,700	$66,466
Assistant professor	$62,597	$55,352
All	$58,367	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$50,130	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$19,191	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$68,401	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	673,600	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	121,788	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	136,756	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	230,220	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	8,817	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	403,463	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	16,132	430,177
Total	795,388	21,016,126
Public institutions	46%	72%
4-year institutions	69%	63%
2-year institutions	31%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	50,252	849,452
Bachelor’s	44,339	1,650,014
Master’s	34,860	693,025
Doctorate	2,684	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 78% of all freshmen enrolled in Arizona in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 89% of all Arizona residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	57.1%	56.0%
Men	53.7%	53.0%
Women	59.9%	58.5%
American Indian	18.8%	37.0%
Asian	61.2%	66.3%
Black	41.4%	38.3%
Hispanic	51.0%	47.8%
White	60.4%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	21,588	196,374
Asian	22,192	1,218,118
Black	124,336	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	4,221	64,046
Hispanic	130,984	2,741,448
White	463,078	12,722,549
Foreign	18,104	709,565
Two or more races	10,885	325,275
Total	795,388	21,016,126
Women	62.8%	57.0%
Minority	39.5%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	34.8%	28.4%
Foreign	2.3%	3.4%
Full-time	69.1%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 19.7 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 35% of Arizona’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	4	678
Public 2-year institutions	20	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	11	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	31	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	18	664
Total	84	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institution under NCAA sanctions:
Arizona State University