by our College Data Analytics TeamWilliam Woods earned 14 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 2 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 14 in Most Popular Online for American Sign Language, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
William Woods University holds 14 ranking badges across 2 fields of study, 8 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 rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2026 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 3 |
| Top 5% | 5 |
| Top 10% | 4 |
| Top 15% | 2 |
| Total | 14 |
William Woods University is best known for Education: 3 of its 13 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Educational Administration, American Sign Language and Curriculum & Instruction. Its highest traditional-student placement is #4 of 748 in Most Focused for Educational Administration.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity (The Plains States) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity (Missouri) | ✓ | |||
| Location Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Age Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Age Diversity (The Plains States) | ✓ | |||
| Age Diversity (Missouri) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curriculum & Instruction | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Educational Administration | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Sign Language | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
In College Factual’s 2026 online-program rankings, William Woods University earned 1 badge across 1 online program in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 14 in Most Popular Online for American Sign Language.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Sign Language | ||||
| Most Popular Online | ✓ |
William Woods University earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,808 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 37%).
These rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. William Woods University appears in 75 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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