Rankings
UH Mānoa is ranked by a variety of organizations that each develop their own methodologies. MIRO collects information on how Mānoa is ranked internationally and nationally, as well as rankings about colleges or programs. Because there is no one ranking that can accurately and thoroughly describe Mānoa or its programs, the different perspectives reflected by these rankings help to draw a picture of the excellence of the university. For questions about ranking methodologies, please contact the organizations that publish the rankings directly. To provide information about new rankings, please contact us by e-mail.
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2023 Prestigious International Rankings
| International Rankers | WORLD | U.S. | |
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Academic Ranking of World Universities | 301 – 400 | 83 – 99 |
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TIMES World University Ranking | 201 – 250 | 57 |
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QS World University Rankings | 386 | 66 |
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US News Best Global Universities * Ranking from 2022. The most recent numbers will be updated when they are available. |
394 | 106 |
Prepared by Mānoa Institutional Research Office (MIRO) / Click here to see the table image
UH Mānoa is consistently ranked among the best national and international universities.
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and is also known as Shanghai Ranking. All the data used in ARWU is from third parties and publicly available. ARWU does not use data directly from universities. This ranking uses six indicators to rank world universities. Each year more than 1200 universities are ranked and the best 500 are published. For more information, please click here.
Released on August 15, 2023:
- UHM Overall Ranking in the World: 301-400
- UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 83-99
Released on October 26, 2023:
Natural Sciences
- Oceanography: 17
- Atmospheric Science: 13
- Earth Sciences: 51-75
- Ecology: 151-200
- Geography: 201-300
Social Sciences
- Communication: 101-150
- Hospitality & Tourism Management: 49
- Education: 101-150
- Political Sciences: 201-300
Engineering
- Environmental Science & Engineering: 201-300
Note: Rankings appear as a range when no more specific information is available.
- National Taiwan University Rankings
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities by National Taiwan University (NTU) (Released in September 2023)
The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities is released by National Taiwan University, also known as NTU Ranking. This Ranking provides overall rankings, rankings by six fields, and rankings by 14 selected subjects. NTU ranking employs bibliometric methods to analyze and rank the world’s top 500 universities selected from more than 4000 research institutions listed in the Essential Science Indicators (ESI). For more information please click here.
- UHM Overall Ranking in the world: 456
- UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 117
- Agriculture: 212
- Social Sciences: 297
- Natural Sciences: 260
- Life Sciences: 401-450
NTU Ranking Methodolgoy: Sample Selection Indicators Field Categories Subject Categories
- TIMES Higher Education World University Rankings
TIMES Higher Education World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings evaluate world-class universities using 13 performance indicators across multiple aspects: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings examine only a globally competitive, research-led elite group of institutions through a year-on-year comparison based on true performance rather than methodological change. The underlying database that fuels the rankings contains 650 institutions in total, selected for deeper data collection and analysis on the basis of their research publication output and impact. The final rankings list is restricted and comprises only the first 200 placed universities – representing only 1% of higher education institutions in the world.
Released on September 27, 2023:
- UHM World University Ranking: 201-250
- UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 57
Updated on October 26, 2023:
- Subject Ranking of Arts & Humanities: 176-200
- Subject Ranking of Education in the world: 126-150
- Subject Ranking of Social Sciences in the world: 201-250
- Subject Ranking of Business & Economics: 301-400
- Subject Ranking of Psychology: 301-400
- Subject Ranking of Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health: 301-400
- Subject Ranking of Life Sciences: 176-200
- Subject Ranking of Physical Sciences: 126-150
Note: Rankings appear as a range when no more specific information is available.
TIMES World University Rankings Report TIMES Ranking Methodology
- QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings was launched in 2004 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a global provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions, based in London. Initially centered on research, teaching and international outlook metrics, graduate employability was added the following year as fundamental feature to form the four central pillars upon which the rankings are based today. QS rankings are compiled by the QS Intelligence Unit in consultation with the QS Global Academic Advisory Board. Bibliometric data required in the citation score sections of the methodology is supplied by Scopus, part of Elsevier, the world’s largest abstract and citation database of research literature. The QS World University Rankings currently considers more than 4000 universities in the world and evaluates over 1000. For more information please click here.
Released on June 4, 2024:
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- UHM World University Ranking: 488
- UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 73
Released on April 10, 2024:
Broad Subject Area of Arts and Humanities: worldwide: 210
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- Archaeology: worldwide: 151-200
- English Language & Literature: worldwide: 101-150
- Linguistics: worldwide: 22
- Modern Languages: worldwide: 101-150
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Broad Subject Area of Life Sciences and Medicine: worldwide: 401-450
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- Agriculture: worldwide: 151-200
- Biological Sciences: worldwide: 351-400
- Medicine: worldwide: 551-600
- Psychology: worldwide: 251-300
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Broad Subject Area of Natural Sciences: worldwide: 292
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- Earth & Marine Sciences: worldwide: 51-100
- Environmental Sciences: worldwide: 251-300
- Geography: worldwide: 101-150
- Geology: worldwide: 49
- Geophysics: worldwide: 47
- Physics and Astronomy: worldwide: 151-200
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Broad Subject Area of Social Sciences and Management worldwide: 451-500
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- Anthropology: worldwide: 51-100
- Business & Management Studies: worldwide: 401-450
- Communication & Media Studies: worldwide: 151-200
- Economics & Econometrics: worldwide: 451-500
- Education: worldwide: 201-250
- Hospitality & Leisure Management: worldwide: 46
- Law: worldwide: 351-370
- Politics & International Studies: worldwide: 201-250
- Sociology: worldwide: 201-250
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Broad Subject Area of Engineering and Technology
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- Computer Science & Information Systems: worldwide: 501-550
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QS World University Rankings Report QS World University Rankings Methodology
QS World University Subject Rankings Report QS Subject Areas Rankings Methodology
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- U.S. News & World Report Rankings (USNWR)
U.S. News the Best Global Universities RankingsReleased on October 25, 2022:
U.S. News developed the Best Global Universities rankings in the summer and fall of 2014 and the first edition was published on October 28, 2014. The U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings obtains all its rankings data for all the ranking indicators (reputation, publications, citations, highly cited papers and school specific data on enrollment, faculty, etc.) from Thomson Reuters. UHM was included among the top 1000 institutions based on the bibliometric data and the reputation survey results.
- UHM World University Ranking: 394
- UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 106
- UHM Regional Research Reputation: 117
- Subject Ranking of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences: 40
- Subject Ranking of Geosciences in the world: 60
- Subject Ranking of Arts and Humanities in the world: 116
- Subject Ranking of Space Science in the world: 119
- Subject Ranking of Plant and Animal Science in the world: 179
- Subject Ranking of Environment/Ecology in the world: 198
U.S. News the Best Global Universities Rankings Methodology
U.S. News Best Grad Schools and Programs Rankings
Released on April 9, 2024:
General Graduate Areas:
- College of Education: 67
- Graduate Rehabilitation Counseling: 80
- School of Engineering: 168
- School of Nursing
- Doctoral Program: 59
- Master’s Program: 69
- School of Medicine
- Graduate Primary Care: 16
- Graduate Research: 81
- School of Business
- Full-time MBA: 92
- Part-time MBA: 166
- School of Law: 127
- Graduate Part-Time Law: 23
- Constitutional Law: 78
- Contracts/Commercial Law: 104
- Dispute Resolution: 74
- Environmental Law: 23
- International Law: 66
- Legal Writing: 71
- Natural Sciences
- Graduate Biological Sciences: 100
- Graduate Chemistry: 161
- Graduate Mathematics: 125
- Graduate Physics: 105
- Computer Science: 120
- Ocean, Earth Science and Technology
- Graduate Earth Sciences: 42
- Social Work
- Graduate Social Work: 51
- Graduate Public Health: 105
- Social Sciences
- Graduate Psychology: 122
- Graduate Public Administration: 89
- Graduate Clinical Psychology: 88
- Graduate Political Science (PhD): 103
- Graduate Sociology (PhD): 97
- Graduate Economics (PhD): 120
- Library and Information Sciences Program: 31
Rankings Methodology U.S. News Best Grad Schools Rankings FAQ
U.S. News Best College Rankings
Released on November 1, 2023:
- UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 170
- Top Public Schools: 91
- Undergraduate Engineering Programs: 150
- Nursing: 86
- Economics: 181
- Best Colleges for Veterans: 118
- Top Performers on Social Mobility: 114
- Round University Rankings (RUR)
World Universities Rankings
RUR World University Ranking evaluates performance of higher education institutions worldwide since 2010 until now. Over the 9 years, 1100 world’s leading universities from 85 countries took part in the RUR Rankings. RUR Ranking evaluates performance of 783 world’s leading higher education institutions by 20 indicators grouped into four key areas: teaching, research, internationalization, financial sustainability. For more information please click here.
Released on May, 2023:
- UHM World University Ranking: 490
- UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 118
- Teaching Ranking: 187
- Research Ranking: 795
- International Diversity Ranking: 542
- Financial Sustainability Ranking: 490
Subject Ranking in the world
Released on October 2023:
- Humanities: 115 (37 in U.S.)
- Natural Sciences: 172 (56 in U.S.)
- Technical Sciences: 380 (87 in U.S.)
- NSF Higher Education R&D Rankings
NSF Higher Education R&D Rankings (FY 2020 data released in January 2022)
The Higher Education Research and Development (R&D) Survey is released by The National Science Foundation. The survey is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and universities. Information collected includes fields of research, sources of funds, types of research and expenses, and headcounts of R&D personnel. Eligible institutions are the 906 universities and colleges that grant a bachelor’s degree or higher, and expended at least $150,000 in R&D in the fiscal year 2017.
The Info Brief showing the key findings and overall trends in R&D at universities and colleges is available here.
- R&D Expenditures Ranking in U.S.: 91
- R&D Expenditures Ranking among U.S. Public Universities: 62
- Federally Financed R&D Expenditures Ranking in the U.S.: 82
- Non-Federally Financed R&D Expenditures Ranking in the U.S.:
- Institutional Funds: 90
- State and Local Governments: 63
- Nonprofit Organizations: 95
- Business: 172
- All other Funding Sources: 153
- U-Multirank
U‐Multirank is prepared with seed funding from the European Union and led by a consortium headed by Professor Dr. Frans van Vught of the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) in the Netherlands, and Professor Dr. Frank Ziegele of the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) in Germany. U‐Multirank is a new multi‐dimensional, user‐driven approach to international ranking of higher education institutions. The dimensions it includes are teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, international orientation and regional engagement. For more information, please click here.
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is strongest in Research. Its overall profile shows top performance across various indicators, with 2″A” scores overall. Grade A means that a university scores on an indicator in the top 25% of the whole sample. For more Manoa information, please click here.
- CWTS Leiden Ranking
CWTS Leiden Ranking (2022)
CWTS Leiden Ranking is released by Leiden University, Netherlands. The Leiden Ranking uses a sophisticated set of bibliometric indicators to provide statistics on the scientific impact of universities and on universities’ involvement in scientific collaboration. It does not rely on highly subjective data obtained from reputational surveys, or on data provided by universities themselves.
The Leiden Ranking provides size-dependent and size-independent indicators when presenting results. MIRO chose size-independent indicators because (a) size-independent indicators have been corrected for the size of the publication output of a university, so when size-independent indicators are used, both larger and smaller universities may perform well; and (b) there is not much difference in UH Mānoa’s rankings regardless of size-independent indicators or size-dependent indicators. For more information, please click here.
Type of indicators: impact (measured by citations)
- P: Number of publications (2017-2020)
- PP(top 1%): Proportion of top 1% publications
- PP(top 10%): Proportion of top 10% publications
- PP(top 50%): Proportion of top 50% publications
- The orange highlight is the max in the column.
Type of indicators: collaboration (measured by co-authorships)
- P: Number of publications (2017-2020)
- PP(collab): Proportion of interinstitutional collaborative publications
- PP(int collab): Proportion of international collaborative publications
- PP(industry): Proportion of collaborative publications with industry
- The orange highlight is the max in the column.
- Other Rankings
Nature Index
The Nature Index is a database of author affiliation information collected from research articles published in an independently selected group of 68 high-quality science journals. It provides a close to real-time proxy for high-quality research output at the institutional, national and regional level.
For more information, please click here.
- Earth & Environmental Sciences (2022 ranking) (Released on Aug 30, 2022):
- In the World: 47th
- In U.S.: 19th
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- Earth & Environmental Sciences (2022 ranking) (Released on Aug 30, 2022):
- Rankings Q&A
MIRO led panel presentations with major international rankings at the annual conference of the Association of Institutional Research (AIR) in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. Each presentation was selected to be among only 30 sessions that were recorded, and both are available through AIR’s digital pass program. Please select the following links to access the presentation documents.
2015 AIR presentation “International Ranking and Institutional Research”
Presenters’ Bios, PowerPoint Presentation, International Ranking Q&A, AIR Recorded Video2016 AIR presentation “International Rankings Go Deeper and Wider: More Subjects and More Universities to be Ranked”
Presenters’ Bios, PowerPoint Presentation, International Subject Ranking Q&A2018 AIR presentation “Rankers Updates: What Institutional Researchers Should Know”
Presenters’ Bios, PowerPoint Presentation, International Ranking Updates Q&A, AIR Recorded Video2019 AIR presentation “Rankers Updates: What Institutional Researchers Should Know”
Presenters’ Bios, PowerPoint Presentation, International Ranking Updates Q&A)2022 AIR presentation “Decode, Track, and Use Ranking Information”
PowerPoint Presentation, International Ranking Updates Q&A
