Brandeis earned 71 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 26 in the top 5%, 28 in the top 10% and 16 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 136 in Most Focused for Public Policy, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 71 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 26
Highest placement: #2 of 136, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 13
Placements this edition: 255
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 Brandeis University Earned?
Brandeis University holds 71 ranking badges across 13 fields of study, 27 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Explore our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
26
Top 10%
28
Top 15%
16
Total
71
What Is Brandeis University Known For?
Brandeis University is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 5 of its 47 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Public Policy, Drama & Theater Arts and Film, Video & Photographic Arts.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Brandeis University earned 24 badges across 15 sports, 16 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #3 of 186 in Swimming & Diving.
Brandeis University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,984 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 41%).
The rankings above are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Brandeis University appears in 255 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