URI earned 72 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 14 in the top 5%, 25 in the top 10% and 30 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 5 in Highest Paid Graduates for Germanic Languages, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 72 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 14
Highest placement: #1 of 5, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 444
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 Rhode Island Earned?
University of Rhode Island holds 72 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 17 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See 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.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
3
Top 5%
14
Top 10%
25
Top 15%
30
Total
72
What Is University of Rhode Island Known For?
University of Rhode Island is best known for Foreign Languages & Linguistics: 6 of its 67 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Germanic Languages, Music and Nursing.
How Does University of Rhode Island Rank in Athletics?
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, University of Rhode Island earned 2 badges across 2 sports; its highest placement is #63 of 891 in Soccer.
How Does University of Rhode Island Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, University of Rhode Island earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #12 of 178 in Most Popular Online for Communication & Media Studies.
These rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. University of Rhode Island appears in 444 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