University Park, United States
Pennsylvania State University
Ranked in the world
4
Pennsylvania State University is ranked 4th in the world for Communication.
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Communication, 2025
Full ranking profile
Pennsylvania State University's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025Headlinein the world for Communication | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 4 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 8 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 10 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Education | METU (URAP Lab) | 10 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | 12 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 13 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 16 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 20 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 27 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 30 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 36 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Materials Science | National Taiwan University | 39 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Space Science | National Taiwan University | 40 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 43 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 45 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 46 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 54 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | 59 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 60 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 63 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 64 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 65 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 67 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 76 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 77 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 79 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 79 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 81 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 82 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 85 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 85 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 86 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 87 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 89 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 93 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 94 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 94 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 97 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 97 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 104 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 108 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 111 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 111 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 120 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 121 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 126 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 126 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 127 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 148 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 198 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 199 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 213 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 234 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 266 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 267 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 267 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 276 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 294 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 319 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 353 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 551 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 562 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 562 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.