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#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#168 Best Value Schools
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#44 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#49 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#22 Accounting
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#49 Finance
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#29 International Business
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#16 Management
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#17 Management Information Systems
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#26 Marketing
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#9 Production / Operation Management
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#1 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#9 Biological / Agricultural
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#52 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#42 Most Innovative Schools
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#241 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#34 Top Public Schools
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#64 First-Year Experiences
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#10 Learning Communities
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#9 Service Learning
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#9 Study Abroad
Michigan State University is ranked #84 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
54
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
61
Graduation and retention rank
82
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
79%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
92%
Social Mobility Rank
241
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
71%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
83%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
70%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
10
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
256
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
55
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95.3%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
90%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
23.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
23%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
16:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
152
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1110-1310
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
29%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
93
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
173
Average alumni giving rate
7.6%
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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%)
