Duquesne earned 28 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 15 in the top 10% and 10 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #7 of 613 in Golf, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 28 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 2
Highest placement: #7 of 613, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 5
Placements this edition: 246
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 Duquesne University Earned?
Duquesne University holds 28 ranking badges across 5 fields of study, 3 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Find out more about 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%
2
Top 10%
15
Top 15%
10
Total
28
What Is Duquesne University Known For?
Duquesne University is best known for Health Professions: 6 of its 17 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Applied Mathematics, Biochemistry & Biophysics and Rehabilitation Professions. Its highest traditional-student placement is #9 of 201 in Most Focused for Applied Mathematics.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Duquesne University earned 5 badges across 4 sports, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #7 of 613 in Golf.
How Does Duquesne University Rank for Online Students?
Duquesne University earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #13 of 42 in Most Popular Online for Bioethics/Medical Ethics (top 31%).
How Does Duquesne University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Duquesne University earned 6 badges; its highest placement is #306 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
Badges on this page come from rankings drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Duquesne University appears in 246 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