Murray State earned 41 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 14 in the top 10% and 21 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 28 in Most Popular for Other Agriculture, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 41 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 5
Highest placement: #1 of 28, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 316
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 Murray State University Earned?
Murray State University holds 41 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 6 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Read 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%
5
Top 10%
14
Top 15%
21
Total
41
What Is Murray State University Known For?
Murray State University is best known for Engineering Technologies: 6 of its 37 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Other Agriculture, Civil Engineering and Electromechanical Engineering.
How Does Murray State University Rank in Athletics?
Murray State University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #88 of 305 in Cross Country (top 29%).
How Does Murray State University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Murray State University earned 3 badges across 3 online programs; its highest placement is #4 of 24 in Most Popular Online for Quality Control Technology.
Badges on this page come from rankings based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Murray State University appears in 316 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