Founded in 1855, Penn State is a major, public Research I university with 24 campuses across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dedicated to the three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. The University is ranked annually as one of the best universities in the United States and the world. As Pennsylvania’s sole land-grant institution, Penn State educates nearly 100,000 students each year in more than 160 baccalaureate degree programs and more than 160 graduate degree programs. Penn State has a campus within practical commuting distance of virtually every Pennsylvanian. Many students start their degree programs at one of 19 Penn State undergraduate campuses across the state and complete their requirements at University Park. Penn State World Campus delivers more than 100 degrees and professional programs online to nearly 13,000 students a year, including military personnel serving overseas. The university also offers degree programs at the College of Medicine at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, the Dickinson School of Law, and Penn State Law. Penn State collaborates with industrial, educational, governmental and agricultural partners to create, disseminate, integrate and apply knowledge that is valuable to society. In each of the last four years, total research expenditures have topped $900 million, placing the University among the nation’s leaders. Penn State’s Graduate School is a leader in engaging students in landmark research, and opportunities for discovery also extend to undergraduates, who have unique opportunities to work with world-class faculty conducting significant research that advances and serves the nation in important ways. Penn State contributes more than $11.6 billion to the state’s economy and supports, directly and indirectly, more than 105,000 jobs across Pennsylvania in 2017. With fundamental science as a foundation, translating innovative ideas and technologies into practices that accelerate economic development and improve the quality of life is a top priority. As part of its Invent Penn State initiative, the University has funded 21 innovation hubs, designed to bolster entrepreneurship and economic development in communities surrounding its campuses across Pennsylvania. Penn State’s Alumni Association has more than 174,000 members, making it the nation’s largest, dues-paying alumni organization, with more than 300 chapters, societies and interest groups worldwide. Visit http://www.psu.edu for more information.
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Subject | Rank |
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Sociology | 7 |
Materials Science & Engineering | 14 |
Mining & Mineral Engineering | 15 |
Hospitality & Tourism Management | 15 |
Business Administration | 18 |
Education | 20 |
Management | 20 |
Communication | 21 |
Undergraduate Programs |
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Accounting |
Actuarial Science |
Administration of Justice |
Advertising/Public Relations |
Aerospace Engineering |
African and African American Studies |
Agribusiness Management |
Agricultural and Extension Education |
Agricultural Science |
Agricultural Systems Management |
Agroecology |
Air Force Aerospace Studies |
American Studies |
Animal Sciences and Integrated Programs |
Anthropology |
Applied Behavioral Science |
Applied Psychology |
Archaeological Science |
Architectural Engineering and Integrated Programs |
Architecture and Integrated Programs |
Army |
Art |
Art Education |
Art History |
Asian Studies |
Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Athletic Training |
Bachelor of Philosophy Degree |
Biobehavioral Health |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Bioengineering |
Biological Anthropology |
Biological Engineering |
Biology |
Biotechnology and Integrated Programs |
Business |
Business Economics |
Business, Liberal Arts, and Science |
Chemical Engineering |
Chemistry |
Childhood and Early Adolescent Education |
Chinese |
Civil Engineering |
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies |
Communication |
Communication Arts and Sciences |
Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Communications |
Community, Environment, and Development |
Comparative Literature and Integrated Programs |
Computer Engineering |
Computer Science |
Corporate Communication |
Creative Writing |
Crime, Law, and Justice |
Criminal Justice |
Earth Sciences |
Economics |
Education and Public Policy |
Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology |
Electrical Engineering |
Electrical Engineering Technology |
Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology |
Elementary and Kindergarten Education |
Elementary Education |
Energy and Sustainability Policy |
Energy Engineering |
Energy, Business and Finance |
Engineering Science and Integrated Programs |
English |
Environmental Engineering |
Environmental Resource Management |
Environmental Studies |
Environmental Systems Engineering |
Film-Video |
Finance |
Food Science |
Forensic Science |
Forest Science |
French and Francophone Studies |
General Arts and Sciences |
General Engineering |
Geobiology |
Geography |
Geosciences |
Geosciences and Integrated Programs |
German |
Global and International Studies |
Global Studies |
Graphic Design |
Health Policy and Administration and Integrated Programs |
History |
Horticulture |
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management |
Human Development and Family Studies |
Immunology and Infectious Disease |
Industrial Engineering |
Information Sciences and Technology |
Information Systems |
Integrative Arts |
Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies |
Interdisciplinary Digital Studio |
Interdisciplinary Humanities |
International Business |
International Politics |
Italian |
Japanese |
Jewish Studies |
Journalism |
Kinesiology |
Labor Studies and Employment Relations |
Labor Studies and Employment Relations and Integrated Programs |
Landscape Architecture |
Landscape Contracting |
Latin American Studies |
Law and Society |
Letters, Arts, and Sciences |
Letters, Arts, and Sciences ,Letters, Arts, and Sciences |
Liberal Arts and Earth and Mineral Sciences Concurrent Degree; Liberal Arts and Engineering Concurrent Degree |
Management |
Management Information Systems |
Marketing |
Materials Science and Engineering |
Mathematical Sciences |
Mathematics |
Mechanical Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering Technology |
Media Studies and Integrated Programs |
Medieval Studies |
Meteorology and Integrated Programs |
Microbiology |
Mining Engineering |
Music |
Music and Integrated Programs |
Music Education |
Musical Arts |
Musical Theatre |
Naval Science |
Nuclear Engineering |
Nursing |
Nutritional Sciences |
Organizational Leadership |
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
Philosophy |
Physics |
Plastics Engineering Technology |
Political Science |
Premedical-Medical |
Premedicine |
Professional Writing |
Psychological and Social Science - BA |
Psychology |
Public Policy |
Rail Transportation Engineering |
Recreation, Park and Tourism Management |
Rehabilitation and Human Services |
Religious Studies |
Risk Management |
Russian |
Russian Translation |
Science |
Secondary Education |
Secondary Education Social Studies |
Security and Risk Analysis |
Sociology |
Software Engineering |
Spanish |
Spanish and Integrated Programs |
Special Education |
Statistics |
Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology |
Supply Chain and Information Systems |
Surveying Engineering |
Telecommunications |
Theatre |
Toxicology |
Turfgrass Science |
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences |
Visual Art Studies |
Wildlife and Fisheries Science |
Women's Studies |
Wood Products |
Workforce Education and Development |
World Languages Education |
Graduate Programs |
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Accounting and Integrated Programs |
Acoustics |
Adult Education |
Aerospace Engineering |
Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Agricultural and Extension Education |
Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics |
Agronomy |
American Studies |
Anatomy |
Animal Science |
Anthropology |
Applied Behavior Analysis |
Applied Clinical Psychology |
Applied Linguistics |
Applied Psychological Research |
Applied Statistics, Integrated Bachelor's/Master's Programs |
Applied Youth, Family and Community Education |
Architectural Engineering and Integrated Programs |
Architecture and Integrated Programs |
Art |
Art Education |
Art History |
Asian Studies , Dual-Title |
Astrobiology , Dual-Title |
Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Biobehavioral Health |
Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology |
Bioengineering |
Bioethics , Dual-Title |
Biogeochemistry, Dual-Title |
Biology |
Biomedical Sciences |
Biotechnology and Integrated Programs |
Business Administration |
Business Administration and Joint Programs |
Business Administration, Executive Master of |
Business Administration, Master of |
Cell and Developmental Biology |
Chemical Engineering |
Chemistry |
Civil Engineering |
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies , Dual-Title |
College Student Affairs and Joint Programs |
Communication Arts and Sciences |
Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Communications |
Community and Economic Development |
Community and Economic Development, Master of Professional Studies |
Community Psychology and Social Change |
Comparative and International Education , Dual-Title |
Comparative Literature and Integrated Programs |
Computer Science |
Computer Science and Engineering |
Counseling Psychology |
Counselor Education |
Crime, Law, and Justice |
Criminal Justice |
Curriculum and Instruction |
Demography , Dual-Title |
Dual-Title Graduate Degree in History and in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies |
Earth Sciences |
Ecology |
Economics |
Educational Leadership and Joint Programs |
Educational Psychology |
Educational Theory and Policy and Joint Programs |
Electrical Engineering |
Energy and Mineral Engineering |
Engineering Management |
Engineering Science |
Engineering Science and Mechanics |
English |
Entomology |
Environmental Engineering |
Environmental Pollution Control |
Finance |
Food Science |
Forensic Science |
Forest Resources and Joint Programs |
French |
Genetics |
Geographic Information Systems |
Geography |
Geosciences and Integrated Programs |
German |
Health Administration |
Health Education |
Health Policy and Administration and Integrated Programs |
Higher Education and Joint Programs |
History |
Homeland Security |
Horticulture |
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management |
Human Development and Family Studies |
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment , Dual-Title |
Human Resources and Employment Relations and Integrated and Joint Programs |
Humanities |
Immunology and Infectious Diseases |
Industrial Engineering |
Industrial Relations and Human Resources |
Information Science |
Information Sciences and Technology , including Information Sciences |
Information Systems and Joint Programs |
Instructional Systems |
Integrative Biosciences Graduate Program |
Intercollege Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security |
Intercollege Program in Materials |
International Affairs and Joint Programs |
International Agriculture and Development , Dual-Title |
Kinesiology |
Laboratory Animal Medicine |
Landscape Architecture |
Language Science, Dual Title |
Leadership Development |
Literacy Education |
Mass Communications |
Materials Science and Engineering |
Mathematics |
Mechanical Engineering and Integrated Programs |
Media Studies and Integrated Programs |
Meteorology and Integrated Programs |
Molecular Medicine |
Molecular Toxicology |
Music and Integrated Programs |
Neuroscience |
Nuclear Engineering |
Nursing |
Nutrition |
Oil and Gas Engineering Management |
Operations Research , Dual-Title |
Pathobiology |
Philosophy |
Physics |
Physiology |
Plant Biology |
Plant Pathology |
Political Science |
Project Management |
Psychology |
Public Administration and Joint Programs |
Public Health |
Public Health Preparedness |
Public Health Sciences |
Quality and Manufacturing Management |
Recreation, Park and Tourism Management |
Rural Sociology |
Russian and Comparative Literature |
School Psychology |
Science/Business, Integrated Five-Year Program |
Sociology |
Software Engineering |
Soil Science |
Spanish |
Special Education |
Statistics and Integrated Programs |
Supply Chain Management |
Systems Engineering |
Teaching and Curriculum |
Teaching English as a Second Language |
Telecommunications Studies |
Theatre |
Training and Development |
Turfgrass Management |
Wildlife and Fisheries Science |
Women's Studies, Dual-Title |
Workforce Education and Development |