by our College Data Analytics TeamUTMB Galveston earned 24 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #31 of 5,159 in Overall Best, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston holds 24 ranking badges across 3 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. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Explore our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 3 |
| Top 5% | 12 |
| Top 10% | 6 |
| Top 15% | 3 |
| Total | 24 |
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is best known for Health Professions: 9 of its 22 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Rehabilitation Professions.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Best | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (Southwest) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (Texas) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity (Southwest) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity (Texas) | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (Southwest) | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (Texas) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Ecology & Systematics Biology | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Allied Health Professions | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Dietetics & Nutrition Services | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Nursing | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Rehabilitation Professions | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Biological & Physical Science | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ |
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston earned 2 badges across 2 online programs, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #4 of 80 in Most Popular Online for Rehabilitation Professions.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | ||||
| Most Popular Online | ✓ | |||
| Rehabilitation Professions | ||||
| Most Popular Online | ✓ |
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,191 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston appears in 62 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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