What are the ranking parameters for Michigan State University?

The rankings provided by Financial Times are Global MBA, Masters in Management, Masters in Finance, Executive MBA, etc. For the MBA Rankings 2025, Michigan State University has not been ranked. However, in 2024, this university ranked at #51 in the Financial Times MBA rankings.

To evaluate the perfomance of MSU, the US World and News uses some of the parameters which are Global Research Reputation, Regional Research Reputation, Conferences, Books, Total Citations, Publications, etc. In the Global Universities ranking, Michigan State University has received an overall score of 72. The weightage for some of the indicators utilized to cumulate Best Global Universities ranking are:

Also Check: U.S. News & World Report Global Universities Ranking Methodology

Michigan State University is ranked by Times Higher Education for the year 2026 and this ranking is 105 among the top universities of the world. Many parameters are used for the same like teaching, research development, research quality, industry, international outlook. Look at the table given below for the MSU scores on each of these parameters - 

MSU #YouareWelcomeHere scholarship is granted to some UG students. The value of this scholarship is USD 25,000 towards the tuition fee annually, renewable for 8 semesters. A new application is required to apply for this scholarship. Students are required to access to their application by logging into their account. 

As per Shiksha Popularity rankings, Michigan State University is ranked #160 in the world among the top universities of the world. And in the USA, this university ranks #43. So, yes, MSU can be considered a prestigious university because many of the courses offered at this university are ranked well by some of the top ranking bodies like QS, THE and US World and News.