RWU earned 31 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 7 in the top 5%, 12 in the top 10% and 11 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 21 in Male / Female Diversity (Rhode Island), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 31 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 7
Highest placement: #1 of 21, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 11
Placements this edition: 217
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 Roger Williams University Earned?
Roger Williams University holds 31 ranking badges across 11 fields of study, 8 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See 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%
7
Top 10%
12
Top 15%
11
Total
31
What Is Roger Williams University Known For?
Roger Williams University is best known for Legal Professions: 4 of its 30 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Other Legal Professions, Teacher Education Grade Specific and General Engineering.
How Does Roger Williams University Rank in Athletics?
Roger Williams University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #93 of 303 in Softball (D3) (top 31%).
How Does Roger Williams University Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Roger Williams University earned 1 badge; its highest placement is #459 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Roger Williams University appears in 217 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