Rust College Ranking Badges

Rust College earned 10 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 3 in the top 10% and 0 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 41 in Male / Female Diversity (Mississippi), a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 10 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 5
Highest placement: #1 of 41, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 4
Placements this edition: 36
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 Rust College Earned?

Rust College holds 10 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 7 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. This page reflects the 2026 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	2
Top 5%	5
Top 10%	3
Top 15%	0
Total	10

What Is Rust College Known For?

Rust College is best known for Social Sciences: 1 of its 10 traditional-student awards is in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Sociology, General Biology and Teacher Education Grade Specific.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Male / Female Diversity		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Southeast)		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Mississippi)			✓
Location Diversity	✓
Location Diversity (Southeast)	✓
Location Diversity (Mississippi)	✓

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
General Biology
Most Focused			✓

Computer & Information Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Computer Science
Most Focused			✓

Education

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Teacher Education Grade Specific
Most Focused			✓

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Sociology
Most Focused				✓

How Does Rust College Rank for Veterans?

Rust College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,997 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 41%).

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Notes and References

Badges on this page come from rankings based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2026 edition. Rust College appears in 36 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.