Hamilton earned 90 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 42 in the top 5%, 30 in the top 10% and 15 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #4 of 596 in Tennis, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 90 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 42
Highest placement: #4 of 596, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 186
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 Hamilton College Earned?
Hamilton College holds 90 ranking badges across 12 fields of study, 45 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Explore 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%
3
Top 5%
42
Top 10%
30
Top 15%
15
Total
90
What Is Hamilton College Known For?
Hamilton College is best known for Social Sciences: 9 of its 49 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Economics, General Biology and Political Science & Government. Its highest traditional-student placement is #6 of 625 in Most Focused for Economics.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Hamilton College earned 41 badges across 26 sports, 28 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #4 of 596 in Tennis.
Hamilton College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,912 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
The rankings above are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Hamilton College appears in 186 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