UD earned 24 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 7 in the top 5%, 9 in the top 10% and 6 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #5 of 946 in Most Focused for General English Literature, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 24 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 7
Highest placement: #5 of 946, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 135
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 Dallas Earned?
University of Dallas holds 24 ranking badges across 7 fields of study, 9 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 online-program rankings. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
7
Top 10%
9
Top 15%
6
Total
24
What Is University of Dallas Known For?
University of Dallas is best known for Social Sciences: 2 of its 22 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include General English Literature, Political Science & Government and Philosophy.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, University of Dallas earned 2 badges across 2 sports; its highest placement is #21 of 161 in Cross Country (D3).
University of Dallas earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,586 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 33%).
College Factual’s rankings are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. University of Dallas appears in 135 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