University of Arizona lies is beautiful Tucson, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. The university was founded in 1885, which was before Arizona was officially a state. Arizona holds 31,670 undergraduate students and 8951 graduate students that study the 300+ majors offered. Within these students 120 countries are represented. Tuition costs $29,421 for a non-resident of Arizona. In addition, there is a $9,714 room and board fee. To become a Wildcat, Arizona requires 4 years of English, and either a 21 or above on the English section of the ACT or a 530 on the reading section. They also require 4 years of Mathematics, and a 24 on the math portion of the ACT or a 540 on the math part of the SAT. Arizona also requires that students take 3 years of lab science and score a 20 or higher on the math portion of the ACT. If students took the SAT they might want to consider taking subject tests. Arizona requires 2 years of History classes, one American history course and one other history course. Furthermore, the University of Arizona requires 2 years of consecutive classes of a second language (both classes must be the same language). Lastly, the university of Arizona requires 1 year of fine arts. Arizona requires that you maintain a 2.0 GPA or higher throughout your high school career. During your time in high school you can only get lower than a 2.0, or C, twice to still be eligible for admission.
University of Arizona hosts a Greek system hosting both fraternities and sororities. Arizona’s Greek system is much larger in comparison to other schools consisting of 47 sororities and fraternities. On campus housing holds 79% of students at Arizona in a total of 24 student-housing facilities. The other 21% live off campus. At Arizona there is a balance of males and females. 52% of the population is female, leaving 48% to male population. Downtown Tucson holds plenty to do for students and acts as the perfect college town.