Penn State World Campus Programs Ranked Among Nation’s Best by U.S. News

U.S. News and World Report rated Penn State’s World Campus among the best in the nation for its graduate and bachelor programs in the 2022 Best Online Programs Rankings released on Tuesday.

For the sixth straight year, Penn State remains near the top of the rankings for several of its major online programs. The following list includes Penn State’s rankings for graduate and bachelor’s degree programs:

• No. 3 (tie), graduate engineering programs
• No. 8 (tie), graduate education programs
• No. 12 (tie), graduate business (non-MBA) programs
• No. 13, graduate computer/IT programs
• No. 15, MBA
• No. 16 (tie), bachelor’s degree programs

More than 380 colleges and universities received consideration through completed surveys and student evaluations. All schools were evaluated based on their performance in the categories of engagement, services and technology, faculty credentials and training and expert opinion.

Using the same criteria, U.S. News and World Report also revealed their annual rankings for best online degree programs for veterans. Penn State fared well in that demographic, too:

• No. 3 (tie), graduate engineering
• No. 3, graduate education
• No. 5, graduate business (non-MBA)
• No. 8, graduate computer/IT
• No. 10 (tie), MBA
• No 11 (tie), bachelor’s programs

New to the mix in 2022 are rankings of specific disciplines. Penn State is currently ranked as high as No. 2 for graduate industrial engineering, bachelor’s in psychology, and bachelor’s in business. Here are the rest of the rankings:

• No. 2 (tie), graduate industrial engineering
• No. 2, bachelor’s in psychology
• No. 2, bachelor’s in business
• No. 3, graduate educational/instructional media design
• No. 3, graduate engineering management
• No. 4 (tie), graduate mechanical engineering
• No. 5 (tie), graduate curriculum and instruction
• No. 7, graduate electrical engineering
• No. 7 (tie), graduate finance
• No. 7 (tie), graduate general management
• No. 7 (tie), graduate special education
• No. 10 (tie), graduate education administration and supervision
• No. 10 (tie), graduate marketing
• No. 15 (tie), graduate business analytics

Launched in 1998, Penn State World Campus offers more than 175 online degree and certificate programs to more than 15,000 students around the world.