University of Pikeville Ranking Badges

UPIKE earned 10 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 0 in the top 5%, 2 in the top 10% and 7 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 141 in Highest Paid Graduates for Medicine, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 10 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 0
Highest placement: #2 of 141, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 2
Placements this edition: 94
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has University of Pikeville Earned?

University of Pikeville holds 10 ranking badges across 2 fields of study, 1 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2026 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Explore our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	1
Top 5%	0
Top 10%	2
Top 15%	7
Total	10

What Is University of Pikeville Known For?

University of Pikeville is best known for Health Professions: 2 of its 10 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Medicine, Optometry and Educational Administration.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Male / Female Diversity	✓
Male / Female Diversity (Southeast)	✓
Male / Female Diversity (Kentucky)	✓
Economic Diversity	✓
Economic Diversity (Southeast)	✓
Economic Diversity (Kentucky)	✓
Highest Paid Graduates (Kentucky)	✓

Education

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Educational Administration
Most Focused		✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 1%
Medicine
Highest Paid Graduates		✓
Optometry
Highest Paid Graduates	✓

How Does University of Pikeville Rank for Online Students?

University of Pikeville earned no online-program badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #47 of 98 in Most Popular Online for General Biology (top 48%).

How Does University of Pikeville Rank for Veterans?

University of Pikeville earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,063 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

These rankings are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. University of Pikeville appears in 94 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).

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