PLU earned 21 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 4 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 11 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #20 of 1,035 in Highest Paid Graduates for Teacher Education Grade Specific, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 21 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 4
Highest placement: #20 of 1,035, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 11
Placements this edition: 197
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 Pacific Lutheran University Earned?
Pacific Lutheran University holds 21 ranking badges across 11 fields of study, 4 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. This page reflects the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Find out 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%
0
Top 5%
4
Top 10%
6
Top 15%
11
Total
21
What Is Pacific Lutheran University Known For?
Pacific Lutheran University is best known for Education: 4 of its 17 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Teacher Education Grade Specific, Social Work and Teacher Education Subject Specific.
How Does Pacific Lutheran University Rank in Athletics?
Pacific Lutheran University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #33 of 162 in Swimming & Diving (top 21%).
How Does Pacific Lutheran University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Pacific Lutheran University earned 4 badges; its highest placement is #300 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
Each ranking here is grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Pacific Lutheran University appears in 197 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