Providence earned 58 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 21 in the top 10% and 23 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 13 in Highest Paid Graduates (Rhode Island), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 58 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 12
Highest placement: #1 of 13, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 181
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 Providence College Earned?
Providence College holds 58 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 14 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. This page reflects the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Read about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
21
Top 15%
23
Total
58
What Is Providence College Known For?
Providence College is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 9 of its 49 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Finance & Financial Management, Marketing and Romance Languages.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Providence College earned 8 badges across 6 sports; its highest placement is #21 of 354 in Basketball (D1).
College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Providence College appears in 181 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