by our College Data Analytics TeamSUNO earned 7 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 1 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #11 of 708 in Most Focused for Social Work, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
Southern University at New Orleans holds 7 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 3 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. Placements shown are from the 2026 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 0 |
| Top 5% | 3 |
| Top 10% | 1 |
| Top 15% | 3 |
| Total | 7 |
Southern University at New Orleans is best known for Law Enforcement & Firefighting: 2 of its 7 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Social Work, Criminal Justice & Corrections and Museum Studies.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location Diversity (Louisiana) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Science | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Security Science and Technology. | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Museum Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
Southern University at New Orleans earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,140 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 24%).
The rankings above are built on federal education data, 2026 edition. Southern University at New Orleans appears in 71 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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