Emerson earned 46 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 6 in the top 1%, 9 in the top 5%, 11 in the top 10% and 20 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 380 in Most Popular for Communication Sciences, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 46 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 6 / 9
Highest placement: #1 of 380, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 6
Placements this edition: 138
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 Emerson College Earned?
Emerson College holds 46 ranking badges across 6 fields of study, 15 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
6
Top 5%
9
Top 10%
11
Top 15%
20
Total
46
What Is Emerson College Known For?
Emerson College is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 8 of its 29 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Communication Sciences, Film, Video & Photographic Arts and Writing Studies.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Emerson College earned 17 badges across 13 sports, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #4 of 92 in Volleyball (D3).
How Does Emerson College Rank for Online Students?
Emerson College earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #52 of 191 in Most Popular Online for Marketing (top 28%).
How Does Emerson College Rank for Veterans?
Emerson College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,356 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 48%).
These rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Emerson College appears in 138 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