U of I earned 26 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 7 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 11 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 9 in Highest Paid Graduates for Fisheries Sciences, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 26 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 7
Highest placement: #1 of 9, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 425
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 Idaho Earned?
University of Idaho holds 26 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
7
Top 10%
6
Top 15%
11
Total
26
What Is University of Idaho Known For?
University of Idaho is best known for Natural Resources & Conservation: 7 of its 24 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Fisheries Sciences, Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Drama & Theater Arts.
University of Idaho earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #136 of 596 in Tennis (top 23%).
How Does University of Idaho Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, University of Idaho earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #7 of 61 in Most Popular Online for Natural Resources Conservation.
Badges on this page come from rankings drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. University of Idaho appears in 425 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