Samford earned 53 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 9 in the top 5%, 23 in the top 10% and 20 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 112 in Highest Paid Graduates for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 53 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 9
Highest placement: #1 of 112, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 15
Placements this edition: 209
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 Samford University Earned?
Samford University holds 53 ranking badges across 15 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 online-program rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. This page reflects the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Read 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%
9
Top 10%
23
Top 15%
20
Total
53
What Is Samford University Known For?
Samford University is best known for Health Professions: 5 of its 37 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences, Child Development & Family Studies and Dietetics & Nutrition Services.
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Samford University earned 11 badges, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #185 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
The rankings above are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Samford University appears in 209 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