Minnesota State Mankato earned 69 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 13 in the top 5%, 25 in the top 10% and 30 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 4 in Top Ranked Veterans for Outdoor Education, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 69 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 13
Highest placement: #1 of 4, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 325
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 Minnesota State University-Mankato Earned?
Minnesota State University-Mankato holds 69 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 14 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. These badges come from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
13
Top 10%
25
Top 15%
30
Total
69
What Is Minnesota State University-Mankato Known For?
Minnesota State University-Mankato is best known for Education: 6 of its 41 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Special Education, Criminal Justice & Corrections and American Sign Language. Its highest traditional-student placement is #16 of 861 in Most Popular for Special Education.
How Does Minnesota State University-Mankato Rank for Online Students?
Minnesota State University-Mankato earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #38 of 61 in Most Popular Online for Natural Resources Conservation.
How Does Minnesota State University-Mankato Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Minnesota State University-Mankato earned 28 badges, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 4 in Top Ranked Veterans for Outdoor Education.
Badges on this page come from rankings calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Minnesota State University-Mankato appears in 325 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