by our College Data Analytics TeamUSAFA earned 11 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 5 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 0 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 40 in Most Focused for Electrical and Computer Engineering., a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
United States Air Force Academy holds 11 ranking badges across 5 fields of study, 7 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, online-program or veterans rankings. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2026 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 5 |
| Top 5% | 2 |
| Top 10% | 4 |
| Top 15% | 0 |
| Total | 11 |
United States Air Force Academy is best known for Engineering: 4 of its 11 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Electrical and Computer Engineering., Other Military Technology & Sciences and Aeronautical Engineering.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Location Diversity (Rocky Mountains) | ✓ | |||
| Location Diversity (Colorado) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeronautical Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Civil Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering. | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Systems Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Military Technology & Sciences | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography & Cartography | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. United States Air Force Academy appears in 42 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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