Vassar earned 69 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 16 in the top 5%, 32 in the top 10% and 21 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #12 of 946 in Most Focused for General English Literature, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 69 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 16
Highest placement: #12 of 946, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 210
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 Vassar College Earned?
Vassar College holds 69 ranking badges across 12 fields of study, 16 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Explore our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
0
Top 5%
16
Top 10%
32
Top 15%
21
Total
69
What Is Vassar College Known For?
Vassar College is best known for Social Sciences: 9 of its 36 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include General English Literature, History and Biochemistry & Biophysics.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Vassar College earned 33 badges across 18 sports, 6 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #5 of 133 in Outdoor Track and Field (D3).
Vassar College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,444 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 50%).
College Factual’s rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Vassar College appears in 210 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