Knox earned 24 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 4 in the top 5%, 10 in the top 10% and 8 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 188 in Male / Female Diversity (Illinois), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 24 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 4
Highest placement: #2 of 188, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 9
Placements this edition: 126
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Knox College Earned?
Knox College holds 24 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. 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 2026 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
4
Top 10%
10
Top 15%
8
Total
24
What Is Knox College Known For?
Knox College is best known for Social Sciences: 3 of its 24 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Political Science & Government, Writing Studies and Natural Resources Conservation.
Knox College earned no athletics badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #54 of 240 in Outdoor Track and Field (top 23%).
How Does Knox College Rank for Veterans?
Knox College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #4,402 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
The rankings above are built on federal education data, 2026 edition. Knox College appears in 126 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