UH Mānoa hits academic rankings record with 8 subjects in U.S. top 20

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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa placed in the nation's top 20 in eight subjects, the best performance by UH's flagship institution in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.

Released April 10, QS's 2024 version of the rankings listed UH Mānoa among the nation's best in the following categories:

• Linguistics: No. 10 U.S., No. 22 world
• Hospitality and leisure management: No. 15 U.S., No. 46 world
• Anthropology: No. 19 U.S., No. 51-100 world
• Modern languages: No. 19 U.S., No. 101-150 world
• Geophysics: No. 20 U.S., No. 47 world
• Geology: No. 20 U.S., No. 49 world
• Earth and marine sciences: No. 20 U.S., No. 51-100 world
• Geography: No. 20 U.S., No. 101-150 world

"These rankings are a testament to the excellence of our faculty and the dedication of our entire staff," UH Mānoa Provost Michael Bruno said. "To the communities that we serve, they affirm that this university represents the very best in scholarship and education. And to our prospective students and their families, the rankings are a strong endorsement of the quality and value of an education from UH Mānoa."

UH Mānoa also placed in the nation's top 50 in nine additional subjects:

• English language and literature: No. 30 U.S., No. 101-150 world
• Archaeology: No. 30 U.S., No. 151-200 world
• Agriculture and forestry: No. 34 U.S., No. 151-200 world
• Physics and astronomy: No. 39 U.S., No. 151-200 world
• Sociology: No. 42 U.S., No. 201-250 world
• Politics: No. 44 U.S., No. 201-250 world
• Communication and media studies: No. 46 U.S., No. 151-200 world
• Arts and humanities: No. 47 U.S., No. 210 world
• Environmental sciences: No. 49 U.S., No. 251-300 world

UH Mānoa was ranked in four broad subject areas and 24 narrow subject areas. The QS World University Rankings by Subject are calculated using five criteria: academic reputation (survey responses from academics), employer reputation (survey responses from graduate employers worldwide), research citations per paper (citations data sourced from Elsevier Scopus), H-index (measures most cited papers and the number of citations) and international research network (reflects ability to diversify the geography of their international research network).

The 2024 edition of the rankings by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds analyzed the performance of more than 16,400 university programs, taken by students at more than 1,500 universities in 96 locations around the world.

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For more information on rankings, see the Mānoa Institutional Research Office website.

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