St. Olaf earned 45 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 4 in the top 1%, 9 in the top 5%, 13 in the top 10% and 19 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 11 in Highest Paid Graduates for Sociology & Anthropology, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 45 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 4 / 9
Highest placement: #1 of 11, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 11
Placements this edition: 208
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 St Olaf College Earned?
St Olaf College holds 45 ranking badges across 11 fields of study, 13 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. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
4
Top 5%
9
Top 10%
13
Top 15%
19
Total
45
What Is St Olaf College Known For?
St Olaf College is best known for Social Sciences: 5 of its 31 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Sociology & Anthropology, Chemistry and Mathematics.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, St Olaf College earned 14 badges across 11 sports, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #7 of 166 in Cross Country (D3).
St Olaf College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,092 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
Each ranking here is drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. St Olaf College appears in 208 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