UMW earned 46 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 9 in the top 5%, 17 in the top 10% and 19 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #3 of 293 in Most Focused for Geography & Cartography, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 46 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 9
Highest placement: #3 of 293, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 178
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 Mary Washington Earned?
University of Mary Washington holds 46 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 10 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Explore 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%
1
Top 5%
9
Top 10%
17
Top 15%
19
Total
46
What Is University of Mary Washington Known For?
University of Mary Washington is best known for Social Sciences: 3 of its 22 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Geography & Cartography, Historic Preservation and General English Literature.
How Does University of Mary Washington Rank in Athletics?
University of Mary Washington earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #74 of 316 in Basketball (D3) (top 24%).
How Does University of Mary Washington Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, University of Mary Washington earned 24 badges, 5 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #97 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. University of Mary Washington appears in 178 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