UDayton earned 110 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 15 in the top 5%, 50 in the top 10% and 43 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 246 in Overall Best (Ohio), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 110 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 15
Highest placement: #2 of 246, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 17
Placements this edition: 336
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 Dayton Earned?
University of Dayton holds 110 ranking badges across 17 fields of study, 17 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. See 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%
15
Top 10%
50
Top 15%
43
Total
110
What Is University of Dayton Known For?
University of Dayton is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 15 of its 72 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Computer Software Applications, Political Science & Government and Design & Applied Arts.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, University of Dayton earned 4 badges across 3 sports, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #8 of 305 in Cross Country.
How Does University of Dayton Rank for Online Students?
University of Dayton earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #66 of 132 in Most Popular Online for Clinical & Counseling Psychology (top 50%).
How Does University of Dayton Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, University of Dayton earned 34 badges, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #129 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
The rankings above are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. University of Dayton appears in 336 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