College for Creative Studies Ranking Badges

CCS earned 17 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 4 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 4 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 354 in Most Focused for Drafting & Design Engineering, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 17 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 4
Highest placement: #1 of 354, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 4
Placements this edition: 68
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has College for Creative Studies Earned?

College for Creative Studies holds 17 ranking badges across 4 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 athletics or online-program rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. This page reflects the 2026 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Explore our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	3
Top 5%	4
Top 10%	6
Top 15%	4
Total	17

What Is College for Creative Studies Known For?

College for Creative Studies is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 5 of its 17 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Drafting & Design Engineering, Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry and Graphic Communications.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Overall Diversity (Great Lakes)	✓
Overall Diversity (Michigan)	✓
Location Diversity (Michigan)	✓
Ethnic Diversity		✓
Ethnic Diversity (Great Lakes)			✓
Ethnic Diversity (Michigan)				✓

Communications Technology/Support

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 5%
Most Popular	✓
Graphic Communications
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused		✓

Computer & Information Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Computer Software Applications
Most Focused		✓

Engineering Technologies

Ranking	Top 5%	Top 1%
Drafting & Design Engineering
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused		✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused				✓
Design & Applied Arts
Most Focused			✓
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
Most Focused		✓
Fine & Studio Arts
Most Focused		✓

How Does College for Creative Studies Rank for Veterans?

College for Creative Studies earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2 of 2 in Top Ranked Veterans for Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry.

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Notes and References

These rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2026 edition. College for Creative Studies appears in 68 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).

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