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• For the 2009 Fiscal Year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) ranked The University of Arizona 26th among all universities and 18th among public universities for research and development expenditures within the Science and Engineering category.
• Known for its exceptionally strong research and academic programs, the UA is one of only 63 members in the prestigious Association of American Universities.
• The UA’s Colleges of Agriculture, Science, and Engineering produced 2,429 graduates in 2009-2010. The UA is nationally recognized for interdisciplinary graduate programs in biomedical engineering, neuroscience, pharmacology and toxicology, cancer biology, applied mathematics, genetics and more.
• The UA’s College of Science, a national leader in Applied Bioscience programs, offers a Master’s Degree in Applied Bioscience
• UA Faculty includes Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners.

• Pima Community College, the eighth-largest community college in the country, has an annual enrollment of more than 75,000 students and offers applied degree programs in bioscience topics.

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