Arizona State University is #1 in U.S. for innovation

POSTED ON Feb 01, 2019

Arizona State University has ranked No. 1 for the fourth year in U.S. News & World Report’s “Most Innovative Schools” list. The survey, which compares more than 1,500 institutions on a variety of metrics, asked college presidents, provosts and admissions deans to nominate up to 10 colleges or universities that are making the most innovative improvements.

ASU again topped the list as the university making the most innovative improvements to curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities.

“More than simply tallying the innovative things we do, this ranking recognizes ASU’s innovation mindset,” said ASU President Michael M. Crow. “It acknowledges something important about who we are and who we will continue to be: a university that brings diverse intellects together to solve the most pressing issues of our time.”

The magazine said it was publishing the ranking for the fourth time “so high-ranking college officials could pick schools that the public should be watching because of the cutting-edge changes being made on their campuses.”

Other lists ASU has made include:

“Top 10 in the U.S., Canada for preparing students in science, tech”—Popular Mechanics
“Top-10 university for research”—National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development rankings
“A top producer of the world’s elite scholars”-Frank Office of National Scholarships Advisement
“Top 100 world’s best for research, teaching” — Times Higher Education
Top university for undergraduate education—U.S. News & World Report, 2019
“Best online undergraduate degree program in the nation”—U.S. News & World Report, 2019
“A leader in undergraduate education”—The Princeton Review, “The Best 384 Colleges 2019”
Top 20 in the world: Utility patents granted—National Academy of Investors/Intellectual Property Owners Association, 2018
2018 Princeton Review “Colleges That Pay You Back.”
U.S. News & World Report‘s 2018 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings
“Top producer of Fulbright students”—Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018
“A top school for veterans and military students”—Military Times, 2018
A best-in-U.S.: health and well-being programs for students—Active Minds, 2018
Top 5 campus for sustainability— Sierra Club, 2018
“Online programs among nation’s best”—U.S. News & World Report, 2018
Highest-ever: Sun Devil Athletics Academic Progress rate—NCAA, 2018