Ranked 1st in the world for Earth Sciences
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Earth Sciences, 2026
Full ranking profile 62 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Colorado Boulder. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Headline Earth Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Atmospheric Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =3 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Physics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =12 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Water Resources | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =16 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Aerospace Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =17 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Communication | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =20 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Geography | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =28 |
| ARWU 2026 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =49 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =49 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Electrical & Electronic Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Finance | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Oceanography | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Psychology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Robotic Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =51 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =53 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Education | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Law | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Library & Information Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Management | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| CWUR 2026 | Center for World University Rankings | =78 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Education | Times Higher Education | =95 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Chemical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Chemistry | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mechanical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Remote Sensing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Education | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| Leiden Open 2024 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =123 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Engineering | Times Higher Education | =126 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Engineering | Times Higher Education | =126 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Law | Times Higher Education | =126 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Law | Times Higher Education | =126 |
| Leiden Open 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =144 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Economics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Energy Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Human Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Sociology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Computer Science | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Life Sciences | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Life Sciences | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Psychology | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Psychology | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Computer Science | Times Higher Education | =176 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Civil Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mathematics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Arts and Humanities | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Arts and Humanities | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| Leiden Open 2024 | CWTS, Leiden University | =273 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =300 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Public Health | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Business and Economics | Times Higher Education | =301 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Business and Economics | Times Higher Education | =301 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.