is ranked among The Best 376 Colleges in its 2012 edition, "Best in the West",
and as a "College With a Conscience" by The Princeton Review. Portland State's MBA (Master's of Business Administration) was ranked in the top 100 by The Princeton Review, who also named Portland State as one of the best institutions in the country for undergraduate education. In 2015, the university ranked at number 16 as one of the "Most Innovative" colleges in the nation.
In 2024, Washington Monthly ranked Portland State124th among 438 national universities in the U.S. based on Portland State's contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.
Portland State University's School of Business Administration is also ranked in surveys, such as The Princeton Review's Best 294 Business Schools. U.S. News & World Report currently ranks Portland State University's graduate Urban & Regional Planning Program as the 14th best in the Nation. Planetizen currently ranks the university's graduate …
