Princeton earned 147 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 42 in the top 1%, 59 in the top 5%, 32 in the top 10% and 14 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 136 in Most Focused for Public Policy, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 147 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 42 / 59
Highest placement: #1 of 136, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 15
Placements this edition: 246
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 Princeton University Earned?
Princeton University holds 147 ranking badges across 15 fields of study, 101 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. 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%
42
Top 5%
59
Top 10%
32
Top 15%
14
Total
147
What Is Princeton University Known For?
Princeton University is best known for Social Sciences: 15 of its 146 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Public Policy, Political Science & Government and Computer Science.
Princeton University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #13 of 58 in Crew (top 23%).
How Does Princeton University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Princeton University earned 1 badge; its highest placement is #706 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Princeton University appears in 246 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