Illinois State University

High rankings have been given to the business courses. The Business & Management Studies (UK) programme is listed at 13 (2020) and 11 (2020) in The Complete University Guide, while the Accounting and Finance programme is ranked at 4 (2021) and 10 (2020). (2021). Business courses have also received good rankings from The Guardian, which put their Accounting & Finance programme at number 18 for 2021.

The engineering programmes of the university received top marks in the Complete University Guide subject rankings. The PG programmes in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and mechanical engineering have been ranked by The Complete University Guide for 2021. The university's Computer Science programme received a ranking of 29 in The Complete University Guide for the academic years 2020 and 2021.

U.S. News & World Report ranks the UG Business course as #212 in the world in 2022. The identical course was ranked at position 201 in 2021 and position 195 in 2020, respectively. This demonstrates the downward trend in the ranks of UG business courses. The university's graduate nursing programme was ranked #90 by U.S. News & World Report in 2022.