Marshall University earned 29 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 11 in the top 10% and 16 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #3 of 67 in Most Popular (West Virginia), a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 29 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 2
Highest placement: #3 of 67, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 282
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 Marshall University Earned?
Marshall University holds 29 ranking badges across 8 fields of study, 2 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. 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%
0
Top 5%
2
Top 10%
11
Top 15%
16
Total
29
What Is Marshall University Known For?
Marshall University is best known for Health Professions: 5 of its 28 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Other Business & Marketing, Clinical & Counseling Psychology and Health/Medical Prep Programs.
Marshall University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #301 of 891 in Soccer (top 34%).
How Does Marshall University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Marshall University earned 1 badge; its highest placement is #430 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
The rankings above are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Marshall University appears in 282 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