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Michigan State University Global Rankings

Updated on 08 November, 2023

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Michigan State University, popularly known as MSU is a leading land-grant research university, located in East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America (USA). Founded in 1885, MSU is counted among the top global universities with a commitment to provide better opportunities for students. The university offers more than 200 programs in its 17 affiliated colleges. Around 50,000 students from 50 USA states and more than 130 countries are currently enrolled at this university. 

QS Global World Rankings 2022 ranks Michigan State University at 157th position. It is also a member of the Association of American Universities which is a prestigious group of 65 premier research universities of North America. US News & World Report has ranked MSU among the 100 best global universities. Times Higher Education (THE) in its World University Rankings 2022 has also ranked it among the top 100 universities globally at a position of 93. THE Impact Rankings rank it among 101-200th best global universities. On the other hand, Michigan State University’s ranking stays at a position of 81st in THE US College Rankings. Again, considering U.S. News & World Report 2022, the university ranks at #83 among national universities, #46 in best colleges for veterans, and #58 in best undergraduate teaching. 

 

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QS in its ranking factors gives maximum weightage to academic reputation (40%) and 20% each weightage to faculty/student ratio and citations. THE focuses equally on all the factors like research, teaching, and citations with a weightage of 30% each. On the other hand, US News & Global Ranking considers regional research reputation, global research reputations, and citations with a weightage of 12.5% as its ranking parameters. 

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Global Rankings of Michigan State University

Let us have a quick insight of MSU global ranking by some top-ranking boards over a few years – 

 

 

Ranked By2016201720182019202020212022
QS World University Rankings164160149141144157157
Times Higher Education World University Ranking9910183938410593
U.S. News & World Report    90101101100100

 

 

Michigan State University Ranking: Course-wise

Michigan State University offers top-ranking undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses across a range of disciplines. As per the US News & Global Report, MSU secures 1st rank for supply chain management/logistics, #6 in biological/agricultural, #5 in operation management/production, #43 in nursing, #11 in study abroad, #4 in learning communities, #13 in service-learning and #45 in the best undergraduate engineering programs. 

QS WUR Ranking by Subject 2022 ranks Michigan State University at 10th position. For MBA courses, QS WUR Ranking by Subject has ranked the university at 65th position in 2021. Bloomberg for Best Business School in the USA in 2020 has ranked MSU business courses at 33rd position. From 2017-2020, QS World University Rankings by Subject has placed the university in ranges between 51-100 for accounting and finance courses. THE has ranked MSU #50 for PG business and economics in 2021.    

Engineering and technology courses have been ranked #153 globally by QS. PG engineering and technology courses of the university have been ranked at the 151-157th position by Times Higher Education. US News & World Report 2021 has ranked MSU #48 for mechanical engineering, #71 for PG biomedical engineering, #47 for PG chemical engineering, #46 for PG civil engineering, #46 for electrical engineering, #28 for UG mechanical engineering, #29 for UG electric, electronic and communications engineering. PG computer science courses have been ranked #91 by THE in 2020 & 2021. 

Conclusion

Michigan State University has an amazing global ranking and is one of the recommended institutions for study abroad. International students join the university for better career perspectives while earning a valuable degree. 

 

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