Barnard earned 57 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 5 in the top 1%, 23 in the top 5%, 15 in the top 10% and 14 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #36 of 5,042 in Ethnic Diversity, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 57 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 5 / 23
Highest placement: #36 of 5,042, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 11
Placements this edition: 175
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Barnard College Earned?
Barnard College holds 57 ranking badges across 11 fields of study, 28 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
5
Top 5%
23
Top 10%
15
Top 15%
14
Total
57
What Is Barnard College Known For?
Barnard College is best known for Social Sciences: 14 of its 57 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Neurobiology & Neurosciences, Anthropology and Urban Studies.
Barnard College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,105 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Barnard College appears in 175 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team