Wesleyan U earned 62 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 27 in the top 5%, 21 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 176 in Most Focused for Area Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 62 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 27
Highest placement: #2 of 176, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 15
Placements this edition: 139
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 Wesleyan University Earned?
Wesleyan University holds 62 ranking badges across 15 fields of study, 29 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. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
27
Top 10%
21
Top 15%
12
Total
62
What Is Wesleyan University Known For?
Wesleyan University is best known for Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies: 7 of its 62 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Area Studies, Drama & Theater Arts and Liberal Arts General Studies.
Wesleyan University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,804 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Wesleyan University appears in 139 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