Furman earned 50 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 14 in the top 10% and 23 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 67 in Location Diversity (South Carolina), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 50 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 12
Highest placement: #1 of 67, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 162
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 Furman University Earned?
Furman University holds 50 ranking badges across 12 fields of study, 13 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 online-program rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Learn more 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%
1
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
14
Top 15%
23
Total
50
What Is Furman University Known For?
Furman University is best known for Physical Sciences: 5 of its 35 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Chemistry, Music and Health/Medical Prep Programs.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Furman University earned 15 badges across 10 sports, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #15 of 930 in Basketball.
Furman University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,790 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 37%).
The rankings above are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Furman University appears in 162 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