Schools and Education
Arizona State University sets the tone for Tempe’s superior educational system. ASU’s main campus occupies 700 acres in the heart of Tempe and has been designated an arboretum and features a variety of plants and trees that provide a welcoming, park-like setting for the university buildings, many of which have earned architectural honors.
In addition to its extensive and high-quality academic programs, ASU provides the community with a variety of cultural attractions from internationally known lecturers to widely praised art exhibitions.
The Tempe campus has an enrollment of more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students representing all 50 states and more than 150 countries. Approximately 10,000 of these students are enrolled in graduate studies. The campus supports 85 programs leading to bachelor’s degrees, 91 master’s programs, 48 programs granting doctoral degrees and one law degree program.
The 324-acre ASU Research Park also is located in Tempe. It brings together researchers and corporate leaders from private industry, governmental agencies and the university to provide a mechanism to integrate technological results from university research into private corporate programs.
Arizona State University is a major metropolitan research university that serves the interests and needs of Arizona’s capital and the greater Phoenix area.
Tempe elementary schools have been recognized as Arizona A+ and national Blue Ribbon award-winners for their academic excellence.
Tempe Union High School District’s was established in 1908 with one school serving fewer than 100 students and now serves more than 13,000 students in six comprehensive high schools, one alternative high school and one academy for gifted students.
The district encompasses 162 square miles and serves Tempe, the Town of Guadalupe and the Ahwatukee Foothills area of Phoenix.
Two out of three of Tempe Union teachers have master’s degrees or more and 60 percent have ten or more years of teaching experience.
Demographics
Tempe is in Maricopa County and has population estimated at about 160,000 people.
The median income for a household in the city is about $43,000, and the median income for a family was $55,000
Men had a median income of $36,400 versus $28,600 for women.