University of North Carolina School of the Arts Ranking Badges

UNCSA earned 16 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 7 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #8 of 574 in Most Focused for Drama & Theater Arts, a top 5% award.

Key facts

• Badges earned: 16 (2027 edition)
• In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 6
• Highest placement: #8 of 574, a top 5% award
• Fields of study with a badge: 1
• Placements this edition: 50
• 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 North Carolina School of the Arts Earned?

University of North Carolina School of the Arts holds 16 ranking badges across 1 field of study, 6 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 athletics or online-program rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Explore our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.

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What Is University of North Carolina School of the Arts Known For?

University of North Carolina School of the Arts is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 7 of its 15 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Drama & Theater Arts, Film, Video & Photographic Arts and Dance.

College Overall

Visual & Performing Arts

How Does University of North Carolina School of the Arts Rank for Veterans?

In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, University of North Carolina School of the Arts earned 1 badge; its highest placement is #654 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

College Overall

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Notes and References

Badges on this page come from rankings based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. University of North Carolina School of the Arts appears in 50 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).

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