Defiance College Ranking Badges

Defiance College earned 7 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 1 in the top 10% and 4 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #30 of 708 in Most Focused for Social Work, a top 5% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 7 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 2
Highest placement: #30 of 708, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 50
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 Defiance College Earned?

Defiance College holds 7 ranking badges across 3 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. Placements shown are from the 2026 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See 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%	0
Top 5%	2
Top 10%	1
Top 15%	4
Total	7

What Is Defiance College Known For?

Defiance College is best known for Public & Social Service: 1 of its 7 traditional-student awards is in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Social Work, Health & Physical Education and Teacher Education Grade Specific.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Location Diversity (Ohio)	✓
Economic Diversity	✓
Economic Diversity (Great Lakes)	✓
Economic Diversity (Ohio)	✓

Education

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Teacher Education Grade Specific
Most Focused		✓

Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Health & Physical Education
Most Focused			✓

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Social Work
Most Focused			✓

How Does Defiance College Rank for Veterans?

Defiance College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,138 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. Defiance College appears in 50 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.