Michigan Tech earned 86 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 7 in the top 1%, 25 in the top 5%, 26 in the top 10% and 28 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 21 in Most Focused for Applied Statistics., a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 86 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 7 / 25
Highest placement: #1 of 21, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 281
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 Michigan Technological University Earned?
Michigan Technological University holds 86 ranking badges across 12 fields of study, 32 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 awards below are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Read 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%
7
Top 5%
25
Top 10%
26
Top 15%
28
Total
86
What Is Michigan Technological University Known For?
Michigan Technological University is best known for Engineering: 18 of its 47 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Applied Statistics., Environmental Engineering and Health & Physical Education.
How Does Michigan Technological University Rank in Athletics?
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Michigan Technological University earned 22 badges across 15 sports, 14 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 5 in Skiing (D2).
How Does Michigan Technological University Rank for Online Students?
Michigan Technological University earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #24 of 43 in Most Popular Online for Civil Engineering.
How Does Michigan Technological University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Michigan Technological University earned 17 badges, 4 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #2 of 77 in Top Ranked Veterans for Mechanical Engineering.
Badges on this page come from rankings calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Michigan Technological University appears in 281 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