Skidmore earned 54 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 26 in the top 10% and 23 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #18 of 705 in Golf, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 54 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 5
Highest placement: #18 of 705, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 13
Placements this edition: 179
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 Skidmore College Earned?
Skidmore College holds 54 ranking badges across 13 fields of study, 5 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Read about 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%
0
Top 5%
5
Top 10%
26
Top 15%
23
Total
54
What Is Skidmore College Known For?
Skidmore College is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 7 of its 38 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include General Biology, General English Literature and Fine & Studio Arts. Its highest traditional-student placement is #38 of 1,300 in Top Ranked for General Biology.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Skidmore College earned 16 badges across 11 sports, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #18 of 705 in Golf.
Skidmore College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,802 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Skidmore College appears in 179 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