McDaniel earned 25 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 14 in the top 10% and 9 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #21 of 748 in Most Focused for Educational Administration, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 25 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 2
Highest placement: #21 of 748, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 9
Placements this edition: 200
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 McDaniel College Earned?
McDaniel College holds 25 ranking badges across 9 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. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
0
Top 5%
2
Top 10%
14
Top 15%
9
Total
25
What Is McDaniel College Known For?
McDaniel College is best known for Education: 9 of its 24 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Educational Administration, Social Work and Other Interdisciplinary Studies.
McDaniel College earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #13 of 47 in Wrestling (D3) (top 28%).
How Does McDaniel College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, McDaniel College earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #15 of 257 in Most Popular Online for Educational Administration.
McDaniel College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,286 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 47%).
Badges on this page come from rankings calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. McDaniel College appears in 200 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