Hofstra earned 51 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 24 in the top 10% and 21 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #8 of 997 in Highest Paid Graduates for General Biology, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 51 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 5
Highest placement: #8 of 997, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 9
Placements this edition: 336
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 Hofstra University Earned?
Hofstra University holds 51 ranking badges across 9 fields of study, 6 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Explore 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%
5
Top 10%
24
Top 15%
21
Total
51
What Is Hofstra University Known For?
Hofstra University is best known for Education: 8 of its 41 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include General Biology, Health Sciences & Services and Nursing.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Hofstra University earned 7 badges across 6 sports, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #17 of 930 in Basketball.
How Does Hofstra University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Hofstra University earned 2 badges across 2 online programs; its highest placement is #49 of 329 in Most Popular Online for Health/Medical Admin Services.
These rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Hofstra University appears in 336 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