by our College Data Analytics TeamSt. Mary’s earned 6 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 1 in the top 5%, 3 in the top 10% and 2 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #7 of 142 in Most Focused for Legal Research, a top 5% award.
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Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
St. Mary’s University holds 6 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 1 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 rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. Placements shown are from the 2026 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 0 |
| Top 5% | 1 |
| Top 10% | 3 |
| Top 15% | 2 |
| Total | 6 |
St. Mary’s University is best known for Legal Professions: 3 of its 5 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Legal Research, Accounting and Communication & Media Studies.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | ||||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | ||||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Law | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Legal Research | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
In College Factual’s 2026 online-program rankings, St. Mary’s University earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #3 of 18 in Most Popular Online for Law.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law | ||||
| Most Popular Online | ✓ |
St. Mary’s University earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,219 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 25%).
Each ranking here is built on federal education data, 2026 edition. St. Mary’s University appears in 131 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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