Metro State earned 21 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 8 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 85 in Economic Diversity (Minnesota), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 21 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 6
Highest placement: #1 of 85, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 9
Placements this edition: 179
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 Metropolitan State University Earned?
Metropolitan State University holds 21 ranking badges across 9 fields of study, 7 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 athletics rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. This page reflects the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
6
Top 10%
6
Top 15%
8
Total
21
What Is Metropolitan State University Known For?
Metropolitan State University is best known for Public & Social Service: 4 of its 21 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Mental & Social Health Services, Drama & Theater Arts and Criminal Justice & Corrections.
How Does Metropolitan State University Rank for Online Students?
Metropolitan State University earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #52 of 217 in Most Popular Online for Information Technology (top 24%).
How Does Metropolitan State University Rank for Veterans?
Metropolitan State University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,114 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 43%).
Badges on this page come from rankings calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Metropolitan State University appears in 179 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