UMass Boston earned 41 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 4 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 16 in the top 10% and 16 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 25 in Most Popular Online for Linguistics & Literature, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 41 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 4 / 5
Highest placement: #1 of 25, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 298
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 Massachusetts-Boston Earned?
University of Massachusetts-Boston holds 41 ranking badges across 12 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. See 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%
4
Top 5%
5
Top 10%
16
Top 15%
16
Total
41
What Is University of Massachusetts-Boston Known For?
University of Massachusetts-Boston is best known for Education: 4 of its 29 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Instructional Media Design, Linguistics & Literature and Gerontology. Its highest traditional-student placement is #1 of 116 in Ethnic Diversity (Massachusetts).
How Does University of Massachusetts-Boston Rank in Athletics?
University of Massachusetts-Boston earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #184 of 315 in Soccer (D3).
How Does University of Massachusetts-Boston Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, University of Massachusetts-Boston earned 4 badges across 4 online programs, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 25 in Most Popular Online for Linguistics & Literature.
How Does University of Massachusetts-Boston Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, University of Massachusetts-Boston earned 8 badges, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #221 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
Each ranking here is based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. University of Massachusetts-Boston appears in 298 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