Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Remote Sensing (2020-2023)
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| UConn | NA | 89 | 64 | 40 | 41 |
Top 20 Remote Sensing Journal Impact Factor Ranking (2012-2023)
| Abbreviated Journal Title | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| IEEE Geosci RS Magazine | 2.68 | 4.93 | 9.66 | 13 | 8.23 | 13.93 | 14.6 | 16.2 | ||||
| RS of Env | 5.1 | 4.77 | 6.39 | 5.88 | 6.27 | 6.46 | 8.22 | 9.09 | 10.16 | 13.85 | 13.5 | 11.1 |
| ISPRS J Photogramm | 3.31 | 2.9 | 3.13 | 4.19 | 6.39 | 5.99 | 6.94 | 7.32 | 8.98 | 11.77 | 12.7 | 10.6 |
| J of RS | 8.8 | |||||||||||
| Int J Appl Earth Obs | 2.18 | 2.54 | 3.47 | 3.8 | 3.93 | 4 | 4.85 | 4.65 | 5.933 | 7.67 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| IEEE T Geosci RS | 3.47 | 2.93 | 3.51 | 3.36 | 4.94 | 4.66 | 5.63 | 5.86 | 5.6 | 8.12 | 8.2 | 7.5 |
| GIScience & RS | 1.43 | 1.48 | 1.77 | 2.48 | 3.05 | 2.85 | 3.59 | 5.97 | 6.24 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6 |
| Science of RS | 5.7 | |||||||||||
| IEEE J-STARS | 2.87 | 2.83 | 3.03 | 2.15 | 2.91 | 2.77 | 3.39 | 3.83 | 3.78 | 4.72 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| RS | 2.1 | 2.62 | 3.18 | 3.04 | 3.24 | 3.41 | 4.12 | 4.51 | 4.85 | 5.35 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Big Earth Data | 4 | 4.2 | ||||||||||
| IEEE Geosci RS Lett | 1.82 | 1.81 | 2.1 | 2.23 | 2.76 | 2.89 | 3.53 | 3.83 | 3.966 | 5.34 | 4.8 | 4 |
| RS Ecol Conserv | 5 | 5.48 | 5.78 | 5.5 | 3.9 | |||||||
| RS App – Soci & Env | 3.8 | |||||||||||
| Int J Digital Earth | 1.22 | 2.06 | 3.29 | 2.76 | 2.29 | 2.75 | 3.99 | 3.1 | 3.54 | 4.61 | 5.1 | 3.7 |
| European J RS | 0.33 | 0.93 | 1.36 | 1.17 | 1.53 | 1.12 | 1.9 | 2.81 | 3.65 | 3.17 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Sensors | 1.95 | 2.05 | 2.25 | 2.03 | 2.68 | 2.48 | 3.03 | 3.28 | 3.57 | 3.85 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Frontiers in RS | 3.4 | |||||||||||
| Geocarto Int | 0.58 | 0.9 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.65 | 1.76 | 2.37 | 3.79 | 4.89 | 3.45 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| J of Indian Society of RS | 2.5 | 2.2 |
Top 100 US News National Universities Average Ranking (2018-2025)
| US News 2018–2025 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Avg Rank | Dif 2018-2025 |
| Princeton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Harvard | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.375 | -1 |
| MIT | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.875 | 3 |
| Yale | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3.875 | -2 |
| Stanford | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Chicago | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6.625 | -8 |
| Columbia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 7.375 | -8 |
| Penn | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7.625 | -2 |
| Duke | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8.875 | 3 |
| Johns Hopkins | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8.875 | 5 |
| Northwestern | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9.125 | 5 |
| Caltech | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9.25 | 4 |
| Brown | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13.125 | 1 |
| Dartmouth | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 13.25 | -4 |
| Cornell | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 15.25 | 3 |
| Vanderbilt | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 15.25 | -4 |
| Rice | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16.25 | -4 |
| Notre Dame | 18 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18.125 | 0 |
| Washington Univ | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 18.25 | -3 |
| UCLA | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 18.75 | 6 |
| UC Berkeley | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 4 |
| Emory | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21.875 | -3 |
| Georgetown | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22.5 | -4 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 24.125 | 4 |
| Michigan | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 24.25 | 7 |
| USC | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 24.5 | -6 |
| Virginia | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25.25 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 27 | 27.875 | 3 |
| NYU | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 29.625 | 0 |
| Tufts | 29 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 40 | 37 | 31.5 | -8 |
| Florida | 42 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 12 |
| Wake Forest | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 47 | 46 | 32.375 | -19 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 37 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 33.125 | -2 |
| UC San Diego | 42 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 35 | 13 |
| Georgia Tech | 34 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 38 | 44 | 33 | 33 | 35.125 | 1 |
| UC Irvine | 42 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 35.25 | 9 |
| Boston College | 32 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 36.25 | -5 |
| Rochester | 34 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 47 | 44 | 36.375 | -10 |
| UC Davis | 46 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 28 | 33 | 37.375 | 13 |
| Boston Univ | 37 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 41 | -4 |
| UT Austin | 56 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 38 | 38 | 32 | 30 | 41.625 | 26 |
| William & Mary | 32 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 41 | 53 | 54 | 41.875 | -22 |
| UW Madison | 46 | 49 | 46 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 35 | 39 | 42.125 | 7 |
| Illinois | 52 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 41 | 35 | 33 | 43.625 | 19 |
| Case Western | 37 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 53 | 51 | 43.875 | -14 |
| Brandeis | 34 | 35 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 60 | 63 | 45 | -29 |
| Northeastern | 40 | 44 | 40 | 49 | 49 | 44 | 53 | 54 | 46.625 | -14 |
| Georgia | 54 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 46 | 48.375 | 8 |
| Tulane | 40 | 44 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 44 | 73 | 63 | 48.375 | -23 |
| Lehigh | 46 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 47 | 46 | 48.875 | 0 |
| Ohio St | 54 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 49.875 | 13 |
| Purdue | 56 | 56 | 57 | 53 | 49 | 51 | 43 | 46 | 51.375 | 10 |
| RPI | 42 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 53.75 | -28 |
| Washington | 56 | 59 | 62 | 58 | 59 | 55 | 40 | 46 | 54.375 | 10 |
| U of Miami | 46 | 53 | 57 | 49 | 55 | 55 | 67 | 63 | 55.625 | -17 |
| Maryland | 61 | 63 | 64 | 58 | 59 | 55 | 43 | 44 | 55.875 | 17 |
| Rutgers | 69 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 55 | 40 | 41 | 56.125 | 28 |
| Pepperdine | 46 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 55 | 76 | 80 | 56.375 | -34 |
| Florida St | 81 | 70 | 57 | 58 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 60.375 | 27 |
| Syracuse | 61 | 53 | 54 | 58 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 60.875 | -12 |
| Penn State | 52 | 59 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 77 | 60 | 63 | 61.75 | -11 |
| Texas A&M | 69 | 66 | 70 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 47 | 51 | 63 | 18 |
| Connecticut | 56 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 67 | 58 | 70 | 63 | -14 |
| George Washington | 56 | 63 | 70 | 66 | 63 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 63.75 | -7 |
| Pitt | 68 | 70 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 63.875 | -2 |
| Minnesota | 69 | 76 | 70 | 66 | 68 | 62 | 53 | 54 | 64.75 | 15 |
| Virginia Tech | 69 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 62 | 47 | 51 | 66 | 18 |
| UMass Amherst | 75 | 70 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 58 | 66.875 | 17 |
| WPI | 61 | 59 | 64 | 66 | 63 | 67 | 82 | 86 | 68.5 | -25 |
| SMU | 61 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 89 | 91 | 71.75 | -30 |
| Fordham | 61 | 70 | 74 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 89 | 91 | 73.875 | -30 |
| NC State | 81 | 80 | 84 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 58 | 74.25 | 23 |
| Clemson | 67 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 86 | 80 | 74.375 | -13 |
| Stevens Inst Tech | 69 | 70 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 76 | 76.375 | -7 |
| Michigan St | 81 | 85 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 77 | 60 | 63 | 76.625 | 18 |
| Indiana | 90 | 89 | 79 | 76 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 77.5 | 17 |
| Stony Brook | 97 | 80 | 91 | 88 | 93 | 77 | 58 | 58 | 80.25 | 39 |
| Baylor | 75 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 93 | 91 | 80.5 | -16 |
| Binghamton | 87 | 80 | 79 | 88 | 83 | 83 | 73 | 73 | 80.75 | 14 |
| American | 69 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 79 | 72 | 105 | 91 | 80.875 | -22 |
| Col School of Mines | 75 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 83 | 89 | 76 | 76 | 81.375 | -1 |
| Brigham Young | 61 | 63 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 89 | 115 | 109 | 84.125 | -48 |
| UC Santa Cruz | 81 | 70 | 84 | 97 | 103 | 83 | 82 | 84 | 85.5 | -3 |
| Yeshiva | 94 | 80 | 97 | 76 | 68 | 67 | 105 | 98 | 85.625 | -4 |
| Univ at Buffalo | 97 | 89 | 79 | 88 | 93 | 89 | 76 | 76 | 85.875 | 21 |
| Marquette | 90 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 83 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 86.125 | 4 |
| Iowa | 78 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 83 | 83 | 93 | 98 | 87 | -20 |
| Delaware | 81 | 89 | 91 | 97 | 93 | 89 | 76 | 86 | 87.75 | -5 |
| TCU | 78 | 80 | 97 | 80 | 83 | 89 | 98 | 105 | 88.75 | -27 |
| UC Riverside | 124 | 85 | 91 | 88 | 83 | 89 | 76 | 76 | 89 | 48 |
| San Diego | 90 | 85 | 91 | 88 | 93 | 97 | 98 | 109 | 93.875 | -19 |
| Howard | 110 | 89 | 104 | 80 | 83 | 89 | 115 | 86 | 94.5 | 24 |
| Colorado | 94 | 106 | 97 | 103 | 103 | 97 | 105 | 98 | 100.375 | -4 |
| Denver | 87 | 96 | 97 | 80 | 93 | 105 | 124 | 121 | 100.375 | -34 |