Vanderbilt earned 158 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 40 in the top 1%, 61 in the top 5%, 33 in the top 10% and 24 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 305 in Cross Country, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 158 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 40 / 61
Highest placement: #1 of 305, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 22
Placements this edition: 389
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 Vanderbilt University Earned?
Vanderbilt University holds 158 ranking badges across 22 fields of study, 101 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
40
Top 5%
61
Top 10%
33
Top 15%
24
Total
158
What Is Vanderbilt University Known For?
Vanderbilt University is best known for Social Sciences: 14 of its 130 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Philosophy, Fine & Studio Arts and Public Health. Its highest traditional-student placement is #1 of 114 in Highest Paid Graduates for Philosophy.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Vanderbilt University earned 28 badges across 21 sports, 23 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 305 in Cross Country.
How Does Vanderbilt University Rank for Online Students?
Vanderbilt University earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #34 of 120 in Most Popular Online for Computer Science (top 29%).
How Does Vanderbilt University Rank for Veterans?
Vanderbilt University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,452 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 50%).
Badges on this page come from rankings based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Vanderbilt University appears in 389 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