Penn State receives improved STARS sustainability performance rating
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education rating places University first among all Big 10 institutions
Penn State receives improved STARS sustainability performance rating
Matthew Long
February 09, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. On Jan. 25, Penn State received notice of its fourth Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), with an improved gold rating from a score of 67.88 in 2017, to 74.49 today. This latest rating places Penn State above all other participating Big Ten institutions in sustainability performance for the first time, with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the next highest with a score of 72.89.