Oberlin earned 54 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 19 in the top 10% and 26 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 206 in Location Diversity (Ohio), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 54 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 6
Highest placement: #2 of 206, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 10
Placements this edition: 184
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 Oberlin College Earned?
Oberlin College holds 54 ranking badges across 10 fields of study, 9 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. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Read about our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
3
Top 5%
6
Top 10%
19
Top 15%
26
Total
54
What Is Oberlin College Known For?
Oberlin College is best known for Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies: 4 of its 30 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Computer Information Systems, Area Studies and Music.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Oberlin College earned 24 badges across 19 sports; its highest placement is #10 of 166 in Cross Country (D3).
Oberlin College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,902 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Oberlin College appears in 184 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