Worcester State earned 37 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 14 in the top 10% and 19 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 32 in Highest Paid Graduates for Biotechnology, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 37 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 2
Highest placement: #1 of 32, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 186
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 Worcester State University Earned?
Worcester State University holds 37 ranking badges across 8 fields of study, 4 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 current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Find out more about 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%
2
Top 5%
2
Top 10%
14
Top 15%
19
Total
37
What Is Worcester State University Known For?
Worcester State University is best known for Health Professions: 8 of its 28 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Biotechnology, Rehabilitation Professions and Teacher Education Grade Specific.
How Does Worcester State University Rank in Athletics?
Worcester State University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #114 of 320 in Basketball (D3) (top 36%).
How Does Worcester State University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Worcester State University earned 1 badge across 1 online program in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #3 of 42 in Most Popular Online for Bioethics/Medical Ethics.
Badges on this page come from rankings calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Worcester State University appears in 186 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