Berea earned 35 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 14 in the top 10% and 14 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 75 in Ethnic Diversity (Kentucky), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 35 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 6
Highest placement: #1 of 75, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 115
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 Berea College Earned?
Berea College holds 35 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 7 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 online-program rankings. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
6
Top 10%
14
Top 15%
14
Total
35
What Is Berea College Known For?
Berea College is best known for Social Sciences: 3 of its 35 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Political Science & Government, General Biology and General Engineering Technology.
Berea College earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #116 of 230 in Golf (D3).
How Does Berea College Rank for Veterans?
Berea College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #4,226 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Berea College appears in 115 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