University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona · Public · 42,537 undergraduates · arizona.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
84%
of 56,376 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1090 to 1320
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$38,870Est.Estimate
$70,180 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at University of Arizona
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
84% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$70,180
a year in 2027-28, from a $70,180 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1220
Send your score
About 70% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1060, and yours is above it.
Named scholarships you may qualify for (1)
National Merit Scholars Tuition Award (National Scholar award)
You meet the GPA and score minimums. Also needs National Merit Finalist standing.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
Source: First-Year Applying & Requirements · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
Who gets in
84%
of applicants were admitted: 47,080 of 56,376 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 12% of them sent SAT scores and 23% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1090 to 1320
Reading and Writing 550 to 680
Math 530 to 660
ACT composite 20 to 28
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160015%
- 1200 to 139939%
- 1000 to 119934%
- 800 to 99912%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.43
- 4.012%
- 3.75 to 3.9922%
- 3.50 to 3.7418%
- 3.25 to 3.4914%
- 3.00 to 3.2413%
- 2.50 to 2.9919%
- Below 2.502%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$38,870
a year, in state
$70,180
a year, out of state (tuition $44,190)
- Tuition (in state)$12,880
- Fees$1,840
- Food and housing$18,320
- Books and supplies$640
- Transportation and other$5,190
University of Arizona published $36,706 in state for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$14,327
- $30,001 to $48,000$14,785
- $48,001 to $75,000$14,413
- $75,001 to $110,000$18,080
- Over $110,000$24,145
Financial aid
60%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$17,156
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
43%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $10,990 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 4/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
President's Saguaro Scholars Award
$15,000 a year
Competitive · In-state students · Application required
Deadline: October 15 (nomination by teacher, counselor, administrator, clergy or community member).
DetailsFlinn Semi-Finalist Tuition Award
$12,168 a year
Competitive · In-state students · No separate application
To keep it: a 3.0 college GPA, reach 30 total credits at the college by the end of your first year, 60 by the end of your second and 90 by the end of your third, and stay enrolled every fall and spring semester.
DetailsAcademic Decathlon Scholarship
$2,000 a year
Competitive · In-state students · No separate application
To keep it: the same rules as the Wildcat Tuition Award: a 3.0 college GPA, reach 30 total credits at the college by the end of your first year, 60 by the end of your second and 90 by the end of your third, and stay enrolled every fall and spring semester.
DetailsBaird Scholarship
Competitive · In-state students · Application required
Full tuition (base tuition, mandatory fees and Honors College fee, currently valued at $12,900/yr) plus $12,500/yr from the Baird Foundation
- 3.75+ GPA, Arizona resident who attended an Arizona high school 2+ years; SAT/ACT not required
Deadline: Application on ScholarshipUniverse (fall 2026 cycle: opened Dec 15, 2025, closed March 1, 2026). To keep it: a 3.2 college GPA, stay a full-time student, and complete 24 credit hours each financial aid year.
Details
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Wildcat Tuition Award
Competitive · In-state students · No separate application
Undergraduate base tuition scholarship; amount not published; subject to availability of funds
Deadline: November 1 (Early Action priority). To keep it: a 3.0 college GPA, reach 30 total credits at the college by the end of your first year, 60 by the end of your second and 90 by the end of your third, and stay enrolled every fall and spring semester.
DetailsNational Merit Scholars Tuition Award (National Scholar award)
National Merit · No separate application
Undergraduate tuition award; amount not published; supersedes and replaces all other merit tuition scholarships
- National Merit Finalist; Arizona named first choice with NMSC; domestic students only
Deadline: Declare Arizona as first choice with NMSC by its deadline; November 1 Early Action priority. To keep it: a 3.0 college GPA, reach 30 total credits at the college by the end of your first year, 60 by the end of your second and 90 by the end of your third, and stay enrolled every fall and spring semester.
Details
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AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
41 of 41
Earn credit with a score of 3
21 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $1,290Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 4 | 3 | ART 100E & ART100G |
| 3-D Art and Design | 4 | 3 | ART 100B & ART 100F |
| African American Studies | 3 | 3 | AFAS 220 |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | ARH 201 or ARH 202 |
| Art History | 4 | 6 | ARH 201 & 202 |
| Biology | 3 | 4 | MCB department elective credit |
| Biology | 4 | 8 | MCB 181R, 181L & ECOL 182R & 182L |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 3 | MATH 125 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 3 | MATH 125 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 6 | MATH 125 & 129 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 3 | 3 | MATH 125 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHEM 151 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | CHEM 151 & 152 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 10 | CHN 101 & 102 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 15 | CHN 101,102 & 201 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 20 | CHN 101, 102, 201 & 202 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | POL 204 |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 4 | CSC 110 |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 4 | CSC 101 |
| Drawing | 4 | 3 | ART 100A & ART 100J |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENGL departmental elective credit and placement into ENGL 109H (Honors Composition). Student must still take ENGL 102 to complete the composition requirement. |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENGL departmental elective credit and placement into ENGL 109H (Honors Composition). Students must still take ENGL 102 to complete the composition requirement. |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3 | Elective credit; or EP: Natural Scientist; or T2 Natural Sciences |
| European History | 4 | 6 | HIST departmental elective credit; OR EP: Humanist or T2 Humanities AND EP: Social Scientist or T2 Individuals & Societies |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | FREN 201 & 202 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | FREN 201, 202 & 301 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | FREN 201, 202, 301 & 302 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | GER 201 & 202 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | GER 201, 202 & 302 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | GER 201, 202, 302, & 310 |
| Human Geography | 4 | 3 | GEOG departmental elective credit; or EP: Social Scientist; or T2 Individuals & Societies |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | ITAL 201 & 202 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | ITAL 201, 202 & 301 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | ITAL 201, 202, 301 & 302 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 10 | JPN 101 & 102 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 15 | JPN 101, 102 & 201 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 20 | JPN 101, 102, 201 & 202 |
| Latin | 3 | 8 | LAT 101 & 102 |
| Latin | 4 | 12 | LAT 101, 102 & 201 |
| Latin | 5 | 16 | LAT 101, 102, 201 & 202 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 201B |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 201A |
| Music Theory | 4 | 3 | MUS 120A |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 4 | PHYS 102 & 181 |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 4 | PHYS 103 & 182 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 3 | PHYS 103 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 5 | 3 | PHYS 240 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 3 | PHYS 102 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 5 | 3 | PHYS 140 |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 4 | MATH 120 R |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSY 101 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | Elective Credit |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | Elective Credit |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | SPAN 201 & 202 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | SPAN 201, 202 & 251 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | SPAN 201, 202, 251 & 325 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 8 | SPAN 201 & 202 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 11 | SPAN 201, 202 & 251 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 14 | SPAN 201, 202, & 251 & 325 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | MATH 163 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | MATH 263 |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | POL 201 |
| United States History | 4 | 3 | HIST 150C3 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 6 | HIST departmental elective credit or EP: Humanist AND EP: Social Scientist |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
71%
Come back for a second year
83%
Typical earnings
$67,414
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Arizona$53,467
- All colleges$54,104
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 71 majors here have earnings data.
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