NLU earned 31 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 9 in the top 10% and 8 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #9 of 1,769 in Most Popular for Teacher Education Grade Specific, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 31 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 12
Highest placement: #9 of 1,769, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 161
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 National Louis University Earned?
National Louis University holds 31 ranking badges across 7 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. This page reflects the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
9
Top 15%
8
Total
31
What Is National Louis University Known For?
National Louis University is best known for Education: 11 of its 26 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Teacher Education Grade Specific, Curriculum & Instruction and Special Education.
How Does National Louis University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, National Louis University earned 4 badges across 4 online programs, 3 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #3 of 101 in Most Popular Online for Curriculum & Instruction.
Badges on this page come from rankings based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. National Louis University appears in 161 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