Cottey College Ranking Badges

Cottey College earned 9 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 1 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 258 in Most Focused for Child Development & Psychology, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 9 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 1
Highest placement: #2 of 258, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 2
Placements this edition: 40
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 Cottey College Earned?

Cottey College holds 9 ranking badges across 2 fields of study, 2 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 current ranking cycle is 2026 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See 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%	1
Top 10%	4
Top 15%	3
Total	9

What Is Cottey College Known For?

Cottey College is best known for Social Sciences: 2 of its 9 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Child Development & Psychology, International Relations & Security and Criminology.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Location Diversity		✓
Location Diversity (The Plains States)		✓
Location Diversity (Missouri)		✓
Economic Diversity	✓
Economic Diversity (The Plains States)	✓
Economic Diversity (Missouri)	✓

Psychology

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Child Development & Psychology
Most Focused				✓

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 5%
Criminology
Most Focused	✓
International Relations & Security
Most Focused		✓

How Does Cottey College Rank for Veterans?

Cottey College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,049 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

College Factual’s rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2026 edition. Cottey College appears in 40 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.