UCR earned 69 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 31 in the top 5%, 22 in the top 10% and 13 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 64 in Most Popular for Education Philosophy, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 69 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 31
Highest placement: #1 of 64, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 378
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 of California-Riverside Earned?
University of California-Riverside holds 69 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 34 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. This page reflects the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See 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%
3
Top 5%
31
Top 10%
22
Top 15%
13
Total
69
What Is University of California-Riverside Known For?
University of California-Riverside is best known for Biological & Biomedical Sciences: 8 of its 69 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Education Philosophy, General Biology and Sociology.
How Does University of California-Riverside Rank in Athletics?
University of California-Riverside earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #180 of 930 in Basketball (top 20%).
How Does University of California-Riverside Rank for Online Students?
University of California-Riverside earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #10 of 44 in Most Popular Online for General Engineering (top 23%).
How Does University of California-Riverside Rank for Veterans?
University of California-Riverside earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,422 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 29%).
Each ranking here is calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. University of California-Riverside appears in 378 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