United States Coast Guard Academy Ranking Badges

USCGA earned 9 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 4 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 2 in the top 10% and 0 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 325 in Most Focused for Geological & Earth Sciences, a top 1% award.

Key facts

• Badges earned: 9 (2026 edition)
• In the top 1% / top 5%: 4 / 3
• Highest placement: #1 of 325, a top 1% award
• Fields of study with a badge: 3
• Placements this edition: 26
• Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has United States Coast Guard Academy Earned?

United States Coast Guard Academy holds 9 ranking badges across 3 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. This page reflects the 2026 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.

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What Is United States Coast Guard Academy Known For?

United States Coast Guard Academy is best known for Engineering: 4 of its 9 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Geological & Earth Sciences, Political Science & Government and Civil Engineering.

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Engineering

Physical Sciences

Social Sciences

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Notes and References

Each ranking here is grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. United States Coast Guard Academy appears in 26 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).

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