Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Ranking Badges
Penn State World Campus earned 48 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 16 in the top 10% and 18 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 418 in Most Popular for Geography & Cartography, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 48 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 12
Highest placement: #1 of 418, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 13
Placements this edition: 304
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Earned?
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus holds 48 ranking badges across 13 fields of study, 14 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. These badges come from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Explore our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
16
Top 15%
18
Total
48
What Is Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Known For?
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 10 of its 47 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Geography & Cartography, Human Resource Management and Atmospheric Sciences.
How Does Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Rank for Online Students?
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #4 of 6 in Most Popular Online for Nuclear Engineering.
How Does Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Pennsylvania State University-World Campus earned 1 badge; its highest placement is #381 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Pennsylvania State University-World Campus appears in 304 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team