MSU Facts

• Member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, a group of 71 universities widely regarded as among the top research-intensive institutions in North America
• No. 28 among public universities and No. 60 overall in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2024
• Among the top 100 patent-granting universities in the world, according to the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association
• Named a gold-status veteran-friendly school by the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency eight years in a row
• Gold rating for sustainability achievements in 2022 through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
• Six No. 1-ranked programs and concentrations and 35 ranked in the top 25 nationally by U.S. News & World Report
• No. 1 in the nation for 29 straight years for graduate programs in elementary and secondary education and No. 1 supply chain graduate program in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report
• No. 2 in the world in education for three straight years, according to the 2022 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, a widely used international ranking of universities
• No. 3 in the world for two straight years in communication, according to a 2022 ranking by Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
• Three MSU programs are ranked in the top 25 in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023
  Communication and media: No. 9 globally, No. 6 in the U.S.
  Agriculture and forestry: No. 14 globally, No. 7 in the U.S.
  Education: No. 16 globally, No. 7 in the U.S.
• MSU has earned global accolades in the Times Higher Education 2023 Impact Rankings, which measure how more than 1,400 universities are making progress in working toward the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
  Tied for No. 26 in the world and No. 2 in the country overall
  No. 9 globally and No. 2 in the U.S. for SDG 15, “Life on Land”
  No. 14 globally and No. 2 in the U.S. for SDG 11, “Sustainable Cities and Communities”
  No. 19 globally and No. 5 in the U.S. for SDG 2, “Zero Hunger” 
  No. 34 globally and No. 1 in the U.S. for SDG 17, “Partnerships for the Goals”

MSU has 35 undergraduate and graduate programs and concentrations ranked in the top 25 nationally by U.S. News & World Report, including six No. 1-ranked programs.

Undergraduate

• Supply chain management/logistics No. 1
• Production/operations management No. 3
• Management No. 10
• Accounting No. 17
• Best undergraduate business programs No. 21

Graduate

• Elementary education No. 1 for 29 straight years
• Secondary education No. 1 for 29 straight years
• Curriculum/instruction No. 1
• Supply chain/logistics No. 1 for seven straight years
• Educational administration No. 2
• Higher education administration No. 2
• Industrial/organizational psychology No. 2
• Nuclear physics No. 2
• Rehabilitation counseling (education) No. 2
• African history No. 3
• Educational psychology No. 5
• Production/operations management No. 8
• Criminal justice No. 9
• Education policy No. 10
• Special education No. 11
• Biosystems/agricultural engineering No. 14
• Veterinary medicine No. 15
• Econometrics No. 16
• African American history No. 17
• Management No. 20
• Accounting No. 22

Best Online Graduate Programs

• Curriculum and instruction No. 1
• Educational administration and supervision No. 2
• Business No.6
• Criminal justice No. 6
• Educational and instructional media design No. 6
• Special education No. 7
• Education programs No. 10
• Mechanical engineering No. 11

Online Graduate Programs for Veterans

• Master's programs in business No. 3