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#158 Best Value Schools
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#25 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#19 Accounting
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#24 Finance
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#7 Insurance
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#23 Management
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#29 Management Information Systems
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#16 Marketing
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#13 Production / Operation Management
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#2 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#12 Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
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#10 Biological / Agricultural
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#29 Biomedical
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#20 Chemical
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#13 Civil
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#19 Computer
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#18 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#12 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#8 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#10 Materials
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#14 Mechanical
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#3 Petroleum
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#30 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#77 Most Innovative Schools
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#348 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#18 Top Public Schools
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#26 Study Abroad
Pennsylvania State University--University Park is ranked #57 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
61
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
38
Graduation and retention rank
48
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
86%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
93%
Social Mobility Rank
348
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
77%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
86%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
73%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
12
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
256
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
89
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
82%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
31%
Classes with 50 or more students
17%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
14:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
107
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1160-1360
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
43%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
49
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
71
Average alumni giving rate
13.1%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
