The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Ranking Badges

Cooper Union earned 26 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 9 in the top 5%, 3 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 293 in Most Focused for Civil Engineering, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 26 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 9
Highest placement: #1 of 293, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 56
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 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Earned?

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art holds 26 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 11 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Read 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%	2
Top 5%	9
Top 10%	3
Top 15%	12
Total	26

What Is The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Known For?

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is best known for Engineering: 10 of its 26 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Overall Best	✓
Best for the Money (Middle Atlantic)	✓
Overall Diversity	✓
Overall Diversity (Middle Atlantic)	✓
Overall Diversity (New York)	✓
Male / Female Diversity		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Middle Atlantic)			✓
Male / Female Diversity (New York)			✓
Location Diversity		✓
Location Diversity (Middle Atlantic)	✓
Location Diversity (New York)	✓
Ethnic Diversity			✓
Ethnic Diversity (Middle Atlantic)			✓
Ethnic Diversity (New York)			✓

Architecture/Urban Planning

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
General Architecture
Most Focused			✓

Engineering

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Top Ranked	✓
Chemical Engineering
Best Value	✓
Most Focused				✓
Civil Engineering
Most Focused				✓
Electrical Engineering
Top Ranked	✓
Best Value	✓
Most Focused			✓
General Engineering
Top Ranked	✓
Most Focused		✓
Mechanical Engineering
Most Focused			✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Fine & Studio Arts
Most Focused			✓

How Does The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Rank for Veterans?

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #4,123 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

College Factual’s rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art appears in 56 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.