Ranked 4th in the world for Communication
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Communication, 2025
Full ranking profile 66 placements
Every placement the Index records for Pennsylvania State University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Communication | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =4 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =10 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =10 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =12 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =13 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =16 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =20 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =27 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =28 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =43 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =45 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =46 |
| THE Impact 2026 zero hunger (SDG 2) | Times Higher Education | =50 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =54 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =59 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =60 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =63 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =64 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =65 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =67 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =76 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =77 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =79 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =79 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =81 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =82 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =85 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =85 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =86 |
| SCImago 2025 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 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =94 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =94 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =97 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =97 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =104 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =108 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =111 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =111 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =120 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =121 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =126 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =126 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =127 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =148 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =198 |
| Leiden 2025 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 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =234 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =266 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =267 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =267 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =276 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =294 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =319 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =353 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =551 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =562 |
| Leiden 2025 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.
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