UAlbany earned 63 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 14 in the top 5%, 24 in the top 10% and 24 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #3 of 217 in Most Popular for Other Education, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 63 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 14
Highest placement: #3 of 217, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 324
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 University at Albany Earned?
University at Albany holds 63 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 15 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Learn more 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%
14
Top 10%
24
Top 15%
24
Total
63
What Is University at Albany Known For?
University at Albany is best known for Education: 6 of its 57 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Other Education, Homeland Security and Sociology.
University at Albany earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #39 of 219 in Outdoor Track and Field (top 18%).
How Does University at Albany Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, University at Albany earned 5 badges across 5 online programs; its highest placement is #5 of 65 in Most Popular Online for Instructional Media Design.
Badges on this page come from rankings built on federal education data, 2027 edition. University at Albany appears in 324 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