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Rankings

US News & World Report America's Best Colleges, (2022)

National Rank: 83 Among Public Universities: 33

Global Rankings Summary

Times Higher Education World University Rankings (London), (2022)

MSU Overall Rank: 93 Among U.S. Universities: 35

US News & World Report Best Global Universities, (2022)

MSU Overall Rank: 108 Among U.S. Universities: 45

Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai), (2021)

MSU Overall Rank: 101-150 Among U.S. Universities: 41-56

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (London), (2023)

MSU Overall Rank: 159 Among U.S. Universities: 38

MSU Top-Ranked Programs

Domestic Rankings (US News & World Report)

Programs Ranked #1
Curriculum and Instruction (graduate)
Elementary Teacher Education (graduate)
Secondary Teacher Education (graduate)
Nuclear Physics (graduate)
Online Curriculum and Instruction (graduate)
Rehabilitation Counseling (graduate)
Supply Chain Management (undergrad)
Supply Chain/Logistics (graduate)

Programs Ranked #2 - #10
Educational Administration (graduate) (#2)
Higher Education Administration (graduate) (#2)
Industrial/Organizational Psychology (graduate) (#2)
African History (graduate) (#3)
Online Graduate Business for Veterans (#3)
Online Graduate Criminal Justice for Veterans (#3)
Online Educational Administration (graduate) (#4)
Online Educational/Instructional Media (graduate) (#5)
Online Graduate Criminal Justice (#5)
Production/Operations (undergrad) (#5)
Biological/Agricultural Engineering (undergrad) (#6)
Educational Psychology (graduate) (#6)
Online Special Education (graduate) (#7)
Education Policy (graduate) (#8)
Criminal Justice (graduate) (#9)

Production/Operations (graduate) (#9)
Online Graduate Education for Veterans (#10)

Programs Ranked #11 - #25
- Special Education (graduate) (#11)
- Biological/Agricultural Engineering (graduate) (#12)
Online Graduate Business (excludes MBA) (#12)
Management (undergraduate) (#13)
Online Mechanical Engineering (graduate) (#14)
Econometrics (graduate) (#16)
African American History (graduate) (#17)
Veterinary Medicine (graduate) (#17)
Management Information Systems (undergraduate) (#19)
International Business (graduate) (#20)
International Business (undergraduate) (#20)
Accounting (undergraduate) (#21)
- Undergraduate Business (#23)
Online Graduate Education (#24)

Global Rankings

Education (#2) (Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Communication (#3) (Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Environmental Science and Engineering (#5) (Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Communication and Media Studies (#9) (Quacquarelli Symonds)

Plant and Animal Science (#9) (US News & World Report Best Global Universities)

Agriculture and Forestry (#10) (Quacquarelli Symonds)

Agricultural Sciences (#11) (Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Education (#12) (Times Higher Education World University Rankings)

Business Administration (#16) (Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Management (#18) (Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Education (#19) (Quacquarelli Symonds)

Agricultural Sciences (#23) (US News & World Report Best Global Universities)

Michigan State University's position among popular rankings appears below, by edition of the source in which the ranking was published. This site is updated as the latest version of each ranking is released.

Undergraduate Rankings
Graduate Rankings
Global Rankings

Undergraduate Rankings

N/R = Not Ranked

US News & World Report America's Best Colleges
	2020	2021	2022
National Universities	84	80	83
Top Public Universities	34	32	33

Best Undergraduate Business Programs	22	24	23
Supply Chain Management	1	1	1
Production/Operations Management	9	9	5
Management	16	17	13
Management Information Systems	17	21	19
International Business	29	22	20
Accounting	22	19	21
Business Analytics		24
Finance	49	35
Marketing	26	36	35

Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs	49	48	45
Biological/Agricultural Engineering	9	5	6
Electrical	N/R	29	30
Mechanical	N/R	28	36
Civil	N/R	31

Best Undergraduate Nursing			43

Best Undergraduare Computer Science		52	60


Most Innovative Schools	42	50	46

Best Colleges for Veterans	52	50	46


Learning Communities	10	9	4
Study Abroad	9	13	11
Service Learning	9	24	13

Washington Monthly
	2019	2020	2021
National Universities	38	45	39
Top Public Universities	20	23	21

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Graduate Rankings

N/R = Not Ranked

US News & World Report America's Best Graduate Schools
	2021	2022	2023
Best Education Schools	24	23	22
Curriculum and Instruction	1	1	1
Elementary Teacher Education	1	1	1
Secondary Teacher Education	1	1	1
Educational Administration and Supervision	7	1	2
Higher Education Administration	2	4	2
Educational Psychology	6	5	6
Education Policy	9	8	8
Special Education	13	12	11
Student Counseling and Personnel	15	N/R	N/R

Best Business Schools	40	39	36
Supply Chain/Logistics	1	1	1
Production/Operations	7	7	9
International Business	N/R	20	20
Accounting	32	N/R	28
Management	N/R	N/R	30
Executive MBA	N/R	30	N/R

Best Engineering Schools	58	59	59
Biological/Agricultural Engineering	12	12	12
Environmental Engineering	35	38	34
Electrical Engineering	46	43	47
Materials Engineering	36	54	47
Chemical Engineering	47	46	48
Civil Engineering	46	46	48
Mechanical Engineering	48	49	50
Biomedical Engineering	71	70	61


Best Nursing Schools (Master's programs)	77	59	68
Doctor of Nursing Practice	90	57	63

Best Law Schools	93	91	91
Business/Corporate Law	68	70	67
Clinical Training	86	79	104
Constitutional Law	83	71	73
Contracts/Commercial Law	63	79	70
Criminal Law	91	81	72
Dispute Resolution	93	87	84
Environmental Law	96	100	96
Health Care Law	114	123	102
Intellectual Property Law	71	52	55
International Law	75	78	62
Legal Writing	101	121	84
Tax Law	98	82	102
Trial Advocacy	65	54	49

Best Online Graduate Programs:	2020	2021	2022
Online Grad Education Programs	4	4	24
Curriculum and Instruction	2	2	1
Educational Administration and Supervision	1	2	4
Educational/Instructional Media Design	10	7	5
Special Education	7	N/R	7
Online Grad Criminal Justice Programs	10	5	5
Online Grad Business Programs (excludes MBA)	17	21	12
Online Grad Mechanical Engineering			14
Online Grad Nursing	58

Best Online Graduate Programs for Veterans:
Online Grad Business Programs for Vets	7	11	3
Online Grad Criminal Justice Programs for Vets		3	3
Online Grad Education Programs for Vets		2	10

US News & World Report (Grad programs ranked every few years)
	Most Recent Rank	Edition
Nuclear Physics	1	2019
Rehabilitation Counseling	1	2020
Industrial/Organizational Psychology	2	2023
African History	3	2022
Criminal Justice	9	2022
Econometrics	16	2023
African American History	17	2022
Veterinary Medicine	17	2020
Nursing Anesthesia	29	2016
Statistics	30	2023
Physics	32	2023
Economics	34	2023
Social Work	36	2023
Political Science	37	2022
Speech-Language Pathology	38	2021
Mathematics	39	2023
Psychology	39	2023
Chemistry	42	2023
Clinical Psychology	43	2021
History	43	2022
English	53	2022
Fine Arts	53	2021
Sociology	54	2022
Earth Sciences	56	2023
Computer Science	60	2023
Biological Sciences	68	2023

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Global Rankings

N/R = Not Ranked

**US News & World Report Best Global Universities**
	2020	2021	2022
Overall Rank	101	100	108
U.S.-only Rank	45	45	45

Subject Rankings:
Plant and Animal Science	8	7	9
Agricultural Sciences	18	22	23
Economics and Business	36	29	26
Environment/Ecology	38	39	40
Social Sciences and Public Health	53	48	49
Arts and Humanities	58	55	57
Computer Science	86	63	77
Mathematics	62	70	78
Psychiatry/Psychology	69	72	80
Microbiology	100	68	81
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology		68	87
Physics	105	80	97
Biology and Biochemistry	122	116	124
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems		138	149
Space Science	101	118	151
Molecular Biology and Genetics	175	186	153
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health		158	156
Clinical Medicine	234	216	202
Engineering	169	185	219
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	168	200	219
Neuroscience and Behavior	187	166	223
Materials Science	190	196	239
Energy and Fuels		235	244
Chemistry	255	276	293

**Times Higher Ed World University Rankings (London)**
	2020	2021	2022
Overall Rank	84	105	93
U.S.-only Rank	36	39	35

Subject Rankings:
Education	12	12	12
Business and Economics	39	50	52
Psychology	36	33	55
Social Sciences	62	67	60
Arts and Humanities	101-125	101-125	66
Life Sciences	62	67	75
Computer Science	99	91	100
Law			101-125
Physical Sciences	85	126-150	126-150
Engineering and Technology	101-125	151-175	151-175
Clinical and Health	101-125	151-175	176-200

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Times Higher Education IMPACT Ranking

U.N. Sustainable Development Goal	US Ranking 2022	Global Ranking 2022
Overall Ranking	2	33
SDG #2 Zero Hunger	1	6
SDG #17 Partnerships for the Goals	1	26
SDG #1 No Poverty	3	33
SDG #11 Sustainable Communities	4	25
SDG #15 Life on Land	4	27
SDG #13 Climate Action	6	87
SDG #3 Good Health and Well-Being	6-11	101-200
SDG #4 Quality Education	7-18	301-400

Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai)

2019

2020

2021

Overall Rank

101-150

U.S.-only Rank

46-58

42-56

41-56

Shanghai Global Subject Rankings in Social Sciences

	2019	2020	2021
Education	1	2	2
Communication	4	4	3
Management	25	21	18
Business Administration	24	22	16
Hospitality and Tourism	36	30	39
Library and Information Science	45	51-75	N/R
Sociology	36	29	36
Psychology	44	51-75	51-75
Law	34	41	33
Political Science	51-75	43	41
Finance	51-75	51-75	76-100
Economics	76-100	76-100	76-100
Statistics	51-75	76-100	76-100

Shanghai Global Subject Rankings in Medical Sciences

	2019	2020	2021
Nursing	151-200	151-200	101-150
Public Health	201-300	201-300	201-300
Clinical Medicine	301-400	201-300	201-300
Medical Technology	301-400	201-300	201-300
Pharmaceutical Science	201-300	301-400	301-400

Shanghai Global Subject Rankings in Life Sciences

	2019	2020	2021
Agricultural Sciences	11	11	11
Veterinary Sciences	76-100	101-150	101-150
Biological Sciences	201-300	201-300	201-300
Human Biological Sciences	201-300	201-300	201-300

Shanghai Global Subject Rankings in Engineering

	2019	2020	2021
Environmental Science and Engineering	6	6	5
Food Science and Technology	33	34	48
Biotechnology	51-75	47	51-75
Computer Science and Engineering	51-75	76-100	76-100
Water Resources	76-100	76-100	76-100
Automation and Control	101-150	151-200	101-150
Energy Science and Engineering	151-200	151-200	201-300
Instruments Science and Technology	151-200	201-300	201-300
Civil Engineering	101-150	101-150	101-150
Mechanical Engineering	151-200	151-200	201-300
Telecommunications Engineering	151-200	201-300	201-300
Chemical Engineering	200-300	201-300	301-400
Nanoscience	151-200	201-300	301-400
Materials Science and Engineering	301-400	301-400	401-500
Biomedical Engineering	201-300	201-300	201-300
Electrical Engineering	301-400	151-200	151-200

Shanghai Global Subject Ranking in Natural Sciences

	2019	2020	2021
Ecology	42	41	26
Physics	76-100	76-100	101-150
Mathematics	51-75	51-75	101-150
Atmospheric Sciences	151-200	151-200	N/R
Geography	51-75	76-100	76-100
Chemistry	201-300	201-300	301-400
Earth Sciences	301-400	201-300	201-300

Shanghai Rankings Website

Quacquarelli Symonds QS-USA University Rankings

	2020	2021
Overall rank	56	55

QS-USA University Rankings website

**Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (London)**
	2021	2022	2023
Overall Rank	157	157	159
U.S.-only Rank	38	37	38

Subject	2020	2021	2022
Accounting and Finance	51-100	99	101-150
Agriculture and Forestry	11	10	10
Anthropology	N/R	101-120	101-140
Archaeology	N/R	N/R	151-200
Architecture/Built Environment	151-200	151-200	151-200
Biological Sciences	101-150	112	137
Business Management	51-100	66	60
Chemistry	151-200	144	139
Communication and Media Studies	16	14	9
Computer Science and Info Systems	101-150	132	126
Development Studies	51-100	43	51-100
Earth and Marine Sciences	N/R	N/R	151-200
Economics and Econometrics	101-150	87	109
Education	18	19	19
Engineering Chemical	101-150	101-150	101-150
Engineering Civil	151-200	101-150	101-150
Engineering Electrical	151-200	145	144
Engineering Mechanical	101-150	99	91
English Language and Literature	101-150	100	77
Environmental Sciences	51-100	86	79
Geography	101-150	101-150	101-150
Geology	N/R	151-200	151-200
Geophysics	N/R	151-200	151-200
History	151-200	101-150	151-200
Hospitality and Leisure Mgmt	N/R	29	29
Law	151-200	151-200	151-200
Linguistics	51-100	47	36
Materials Science	101-150	101-150	151-200
Mathematics	51-100	81	76
Medicine	N/R	151-200	151-200
Modern Languages	151-200	101-150	151-200
Nursing	51-100	101-150	101-150
Pharmacy and Pharmacology	101-150	101-150	201-250
Philosophy	N/R	151-200	N/R
Physics and Astronomy	101-150	97	92
Politics and International Studies	N/R	N/R	151-200
Psychology	44	40	55
Sociology	101-150	151-200	101-150
Sports-related subjects	51-100	51-100	46
Statistics and Operational Research	51-100	101-150	51-100
Veterinary Science	8	11	27

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