Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Ranking Badges

RMCAD earned 17 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 9 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #36 of 4,253 in Location Diversity, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 17 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 9
Highest placement: #36 of 4,253, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 61
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 Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Earned?

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design holds 17 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 10 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 or online-program rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. Placements shown are from the 2026 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See 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%	1
Top 5%	9
Top 10%	4
Top 15%	3
Total	17

What Is Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Known For?

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 3 of its 17 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Design & Applied Arts, Graphic Communications and Computer Software Applications.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Overall Diversity		✓
Overall Diversity (Rocky Mountains)		✓
Overall Diversity (Colorado)	✓
Location Diversity			✓
Location Diversity (Rocky Mountains)		✓
Location Diversity (Colorado)		✓
Ethnic Diversity (Rocky Mountains)	✓
Economic Diversity		✓
Economic Diversity (Rocky Mountains)		✓
Economic Diversity (Colorado)	✓

Communications Technology/Support

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 5%
Most Popular	✓
Graphic Communications
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused		✓

Computer & Information Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Computer Software Applications
Most Focused		✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 5%
Design & Applied Arts
Most Popular		✓
Most Focused		✓
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
Most Focused	✓

How Does Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Rank for Veterans?

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,318 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 27%).

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Notes and References

College Factual’s rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2026 edition. Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design appears in 61 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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