RIC earned 61 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 21 in the top 5%, 27 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #49 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 61 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 21
Highest placement: #49 of 4,939, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 13
Placements this edition: 213
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 Rhode Island College Earned?
Rhode Island College holds 61 ranking badges across 13 fields of study, 22 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. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Find out more 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%
1
Top 5%
21
Top 10%
27
Top 15%
12
Total
61
What Is Rhode Island College Known For?
Rhode Island College is best known for Public & Social Service: 7 of its 23 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Social Work, Other Education and Clinical & Counseling Psychology. Its highest traditional-student placement is #29 of 708 in Most Focused for Social Work.
Rhode Island College earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #223 of 320 in Basketball (D3).
How Does Rhode Island College Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Rhode Island College earned 38 badges, 21 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #49 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Rhode Island College appears in 213 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