K -State earned 91 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 4 in the top 1%, 18 in the top 5%, 38 in the top 10% and 31 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 8 in Most Popular Online for Insurance, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 91 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 4 / 18
Highest placement: #1 of 8, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 16
Placements this edition: 567
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 Kansas State University Earned?
Kansas State University holds 91 ranking badges across 16 fields of study, 22 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. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. See 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%
4
Top 5%
18
Top 10%
38
Top 15%
31
Total
91
What Is Kansas State University Known For?
Kansas State University is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 12 of its 58 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Teacher Education Grade Specific, Animal Science and Industrial Production Technology. Its highest traditional-student placement is #6 of 889 in Most Popular for Agriculture.
How Does Kansas State University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Kansas State University earned 13 badges across 12 online programs, 4 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 8 in Most Popular Online for Insurance.
How Does Kansas State University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Kansas State University earned 19 badges, 4 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 2 in Top Ranked Veterans for Food Processing.
College Factual’s rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Kansas State University appears in 567 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