UH earned 145 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 5 in the top 1%, 55 in the top 5%, 43 in the top 10% and 42 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 351 in Most Popular for Management Information Systems, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 145 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 5 / 55
Highest placement: #2 of 351, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 25
Placements this edition: 553
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 Houston Earned?
University of Houston holds 145 ranking badges across 25 fields of study, 60 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. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Learn more about 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%
5
Top 5%
55
Top 10%
43
Top 15%
42
Total
145
What Is University of Houston Known For?
University of Houston is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 16 of its 132 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Management Information Systems, General Psychology and Accounting.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, University of Houston earned 2 badges across 2 sports; its highest placement is #48 of 930 in Basketball.
How Does University of Houston Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, University of Houston earned 10 badges across 9 online programs, 7 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #2 of 191 in Most Popular Online for Marketing.
College Factual’s rankings are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. University of Houston appears in 553 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