SUNY Empire earned 43 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 10 in the top 5%, 10 in the top 10% and 20 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 40 in Most Popular for Cultural Studies & Analysis, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 43 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 10
Highest placement: #1 of 40, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 10
Placements this edition: 183
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 Empire State University Earned?
Empire State University holds 43 ranking badges across 10 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 athletics or online-program rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Find out more 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.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
3
Top 5%
10
Top 10%
10
Top 15%
20
Total
43
What Is Empire State University Known For?
Empire State University is best known for Public & Social Service: 5 of its 36 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Cultural Studies & Analysis, Other Physical Science and Community Organization & Advocacy.
College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Empire State University appears in 183 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