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Elements of all five academic departments in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences are ranked in the top ten nationally. In fact, U.S. News and World Report ranks Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences eighth in the nation. Note that the rankings listed below reflect the most current data available.
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering – Ranked 5th – U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools 2009
Geography
Ranked 1st – Research-Doctorate Program – National Research Council 1995
Geosciences
Earth Science - Ranked 6th - U.S. News and World Report 2010
Geosciences – Ranked 7th – U.S. News and World Report 2006
Geochemistry - Ranked 3rd - U.S. News and World Report 2010
Geology - Ranked 3rd - U.S. News and World Report 2010
Paleontology - Ranked 8th - U.S. News and World Report 2010
Materials Science and Engineering
Ranked 8th – U.S. News and World Undergraduate Report 2010
Ranked 8th – U.S. News and World Report - Best Graduate Schools 2010
Meteorology
Although meteorology and atmospheric science programs across the United States are not officially ranked, Penn State Meteorology has a strong reputation for being a leader in academics and research at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The Department of Meteorology at Penn State is one of the oldest and largest in the nation, is able to attract a large number of students from out-of-state, and has the largest completely student-run Campus Weather Service in the United States.
Other Rankings
Released in January 2007, National Science Foundation ranked Penn State 1st in funded materials research in the country for FY2005.
Science Watch ranked Penn State faculty 7th on the highest number of published peer-reviewed papers on materials and their impact, 1997-2001.
In 2007, Penn State ranks 2nd in the world by Thomson Scientific in number of scholarly citations related to global environmental change, with the majority accounted for by faculty from the College of EMS.