by our College Data Analytics TeamNorthwood earned 22 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 2 in the top 10% and 13 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 45 in Highest Paid Graduates for Specialized Sales, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
Northwood University holds 22 ranking badges across 1 field 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 online-program rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 1 |
| Top 5% | 6 |
| Top 10% | 2 |
| Top 15% | 13 |
| Total | 22 |
Northwood University is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 10 of its 14 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Specialized Sales, Business Administration & Management and Marketing.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Best | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (Great Lakes) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (Michigan) | ✓ | |||
| Location Diversity (Michigan) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Business Administration & Management | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Finance & Financial Management | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Hospitality Management | ||||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| International Business | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Management Sciences & Methods | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Marketing | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Specialized Sales | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Northwood University earned 8 badges across 7 sports; its highest placement is #12 of 141 in Football (D2).
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Athletics (D2) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football (D2) | ✓ | |||
| Lacrosse (D2) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball (D2) | ✓ | |||
| Golf (D2) | ✓ | |||
| Lacrosse (D2) | ✓ | |||
| Tennis (D2) | ✓ | |||
| Volleyball (D2) | ✓ |
Northwood University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,021 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 21%).
Badges on this page come from rankings calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Northwood University appears in 116 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
More about our data sources and methodologies.