Arizona State University

F-1 students of Arizona State University are allowed to work on-campus. But, there are limitations with the number of working hours per week. So, international students can work 20 hours per week for Fall / Spring semesters. But, in the times of break in the Summer semester / Winter semester / Spring break, students can work for 40 hours per week. Also, check the eligibility requirements before taking part-time work.

The top hiring companies of Arizona State University MBA Class of 2023 are IBM, Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, etc. Furthermore, students graduating with skills in Finance from ASU are hired by the top companies given below:

• EY
• Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
• HSBC
• Bank of America
• Morgan Stanley
• Lockheed
• Capital One

ASU MSc Information Systems Management is a STEM-designated course. As per a top-ranking publisher, this course is the most affordable course. The estimated tuition fee is USD 61,000 (Around INR 53 lakh) for international students. The entry requirements for Arizona State University MSc in Information Systems Management course are:

• A bachelor's degree or a master's degree with a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Admission application and application fee
• Academic transcripts
• Resume / CV
• Short answer question responses
• Two letters of recommendation
• Proof of English language proficiency

Master in Software Engineering of ASU is STEM-OPT course. To take admission to this course, the applicants must have earned a Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT, CS, Engineering, Applied Computing, or a closely related field. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. The applicants are required to submit the following application materials to take admission to Arizona State University Master in Software Engineering:

• Admission application and application fee
• Personal statement
• Academic transcripts
• Resume / CV
• Proof of English language proficiency

The duration of the Arizona State University MBA course is 21-months. The MBA course is STEM-designated. As a STEM-designated degree, the full-time MBA graduates are eligible for OPT extension for up to 36 months. Students can work with top-notch companies as previous graduates have gone on to work at the companies like Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, etc. In QS Global MBA rankings, ASU ranks at #95 position in 2025. It indicates that for the MBA course, ASU ranks among the Top 100 Universities in the world.

Arizona State University ranks at #59 in the MBA rankings by Financial Times in 2025 and ranked at #53 in 2024. Financial Times Global MBA rankings are derived after considering the 21 criteria. A few of these criteria are weighted salary, salary increase, value for money rank, career services rank, female faculty, alumni network rank, female students, international faculty, international students, etc. 

In the Times Higher Education rankings, some of the subjects of Arizona State University that have been ranked in 2025 are Law, Business and Economics, Engineering, Social Sciences, etc. The rankings as per THE are given as follows:

In the QS World University Rankings 2026, Arizona State University ranks at #173 and the University of Arizona ranks at #287. This shows that ASU rank better than the University of Arizona in QS rankings. A comparison of these two universities as per QS rankings is given below: