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Rankings
 

Where We Stand: Current Rankings

U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges 2009 (Undergraduate Programs)

  • Best National Doctoral Universities
  • PENN STATE TIED for 47TH NATIONALLY
  • Top 50 Public National Universities
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 15TH NATIONALLY
  • Best Undergraduate Business Programs
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 21ST NATIONALLY
  • Undergraduate Business Specialties
  • Supply Chain Management/Logistics:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 3RD
  • Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 17TH NATIONALLY
  • Undergraduate Engineering Specialties:
  • Industrial/Manufacturing:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 4TH

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

  • "100 Best Values in Public Colleges"
  • Value for in-state schools
  • PENN STATE RANKS 45TH
  • Value for out-of-state schools
  • PENN STATE RANKS 46TH
  • "50 Smart Places to Live"
  • STATE COLLEGE, PA RANKS 19TH

Kaplan/Newsweek

  • "America's 25 Hottest Colleges for Entrepreneurs 2005"
  • INCLUDES PENN STATE

Washington Monthly

  • "College Rankings 2007: What can colleges do for the country?"
  • PENN STATE RANKS 5TH NATIONALLY
  • "Annual College Guide 2007"
  • Top 100 Best U.S. College and University Programs
  • PENN STATE #3

The Economist

  • Intelligence Unit Survey of Executive Certificate Programs
  • PENN STATE IN TOP TIER INTERNATIONALLY
  • (For open and custom programming)

NASDAQ

  • "Best Center for Entrepreneurship in U.S. 2005"
  • PENN STATE

Entrepreneur Magazine

  • "Top U.S. Colleges and Universities for Entrepreneurs 2005"
  • PENN STATE INCLUDED

Business Week

  • "Executive Education Programs 2005"
  • PENN STATE RANKS 8TH NATIONALLY

Design Intelligence 2008 Annual Undergrad Schools Ranking

  • Landscape Architecture
  • PENN STATE TIES FOR 1ST NATIONALLY
  • Architecture
  • PENN STATE RANKS 9TH NATIONALLY

Journal of Forestry

  • U.S. and Canadian Accredited Forestry Schools
  • PENN STATE IN TOP 10

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Intercollegiate Journalism Award program

  • PENN STATE PLACES:
  • Overall: 2ND
  • Writing: 2ND
  • Broadcast: 4TH

Newsweek

  • "Top 50 Global Universities"
  • INCLUDES PENN STATE

National Opinion Research Center Universities Awarding Most Doctorates

  • PENN STATE RANKS 8TH

National Science Foundation Student Fellowships

  • PENN STATE RANKS 1ST IN BIG TEN

National Science Foundation University Research

  • Top Institutions in Total R&D Expenditures (Science and Engineering)
  • PENN STATE RANKS 9TH
  • Top Institutions in Federal R&D Expenditures (Science and Engineering)
  • PENN STATE RANKS 16TH

U.S. Defense Department Contracts and Grants

  • Top Institutions in Awards for Basic and Applied Research
  • PENN STATE RANKS 6TH

ISI Essential Science Indicators

  • Space Science: High Impact U.S. Universities
  • PENN STATE RANKS 5TH
  • (Number of citations/paper)

Institute for Scientific Information

  • Materials Science Faculty Productivity
  • PENN STATE RANKS FIRST INTERNATIONALLY
  • (Number of citations)

U.S. News & World Report America's Best Graduate Schools 2009

  • Top Schools of Business
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 40TH NATIONALLY
  • Supply Chain/Logistics
  • PENN STATE RANKS 5TH
  • Top Schools of Engineering
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 23RD NATIONALLY
  • Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 5TH
  • Materials
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 10TH
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • PENN STATE RANKS 6TH
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 5TH
  • Top Schools of Education
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 30TH NATIONALLY
  • Higher Education Administration
  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND
  • Administration/Supervision
  • PENN STATE RANKS 4TH
  • Vocational/Technical Education
  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND
  • Counseling and Personnel Services
  • PENN STATE RANKS 10TH
  • Education Policy
  • PENN STATE 8TH
  • Top Schools of Law
  • DICKINSON TIED FOR 77TH
  • Dispute Resolution
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 12TH

Top Programs in Specific Health Disciplines

  • Rehabilitation Counseling
  • PENN STATE RANKS 3RD
  • Clinical Psychology
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 9TH

Top Programs in the Social Sciences and Humanities

  • Psychology
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 36TH
  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • PENN STATE RANKS 4TH
  • Developmental Psychology (In Human Development and Family Studies)
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 6TH
  • Sociology
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 17TH
  • Sociology of Population
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 5TH
  • Criminology
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 7TH

Top Programs in the Sciences

  • Computer Science
  • PENN STATE RANKS 29TH
  • Physics
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 23RD
  • Mathematics
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 28TH
  • Chemistry
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 16TH
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • PENN STATE RANKS 8TH
  • Biological Sciences
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 42ND
  • Earth Sciences
  • PENN STATE RANKS 7TH
  • Earth Sciences Specialties: Geology
  • PENN STATE TIED FOR 3RD
  • Earth Sciences Specialties: Geochemistry
  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND

Academic Analytics

  • 2006-07 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
  • PENN STATE RANKS 3RD

Individual Disciplines Rankings

  • Marketing:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 1ST
  • Counselor Education:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 1ST
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 1ST
  • Geological and Mining Engineering:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 1ST
  • Gender Studies:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND
  • Anthropology:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND
  • Applied Economics:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND
  • Environmental engineering:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 3RD
  • Counseling Psychology:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 4TH
  • Botany/Plant Biology:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 5TH
  • Communication Disorders and Sciences:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 5TH
  • Mass Communications/Media Studies:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 6TH
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 6TH
  • Engineering Mechanics:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 7TH
  • Health Promotion:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 7TH
  • Philosophy:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 7TH
  • Geology/Earth Science:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 7TH
  • Information Science/Studies:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 7TH
  • Operations Research:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 8TH
  • Linguistics:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 8TH
  • Criminal Justice and Criminology:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 8TH
  • Social Sciences:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 8TH
  • Management:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 9TH
  • Soil Science:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 10TH
  • Accounting:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 10TH
  • Engineeering:
  • PENN STATE RANKS 10TH

Association of Research Libraries 2004-05 Holdings

  • PENN STATE RANKS 12TH

"State of the Hospital Industry, 2008 Edition"

  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  • ranked among nation's Top 100 Hospitals

University Health System Consortium

  • Inpatient Satisfaction Among Academic Medical Centers
  • THE MILTON S. HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER RANKS 3RD

National Research Corporation

  • 2004-05 Consumer Choice Award
  • THE MILTON S. HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER INCLUDED

"America's Top Doctors"

  • Seven Doctors from Hershey Medical Center Included

NCAA Average Graduation Rates Student-Athletes

  • Division I Institutions: 64%
  • Penn State Graduation Rate: 83%
  • (1999-2002 entering class graduating within six years)

NCAA Division I Graduation Success Rate

  • Eight Penn State Teams Register 100%

Academic All-Big Ten Honorees 2007/08

  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND IN CONFERENCE

Teach for America

  • PENN STATE RANKS 2ND IN STUDENT APPLICATIONS

Peace Corps

  • Alumni Volunteers
  • PENN STATE RANKS 16TH NATIONALLY

Penn State Alumni Association

  • Largest Dues-Paying Alumni Association
  • 159,831 Members

Student-Run Philanthropy

  • PENN STATE RANKS 1ST
  • 2007 Dance Marathon Raised $5.2 million for Children with Cancer
Compiled by: Office of University Relations, last updated 4/08
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