The Webometric Rankings of World Universities has ranked Egerton University at position 3 in Kenya in the January 2022 rankings. The Webometric rankings assess universities in impact, openness and excellence parameters.

Egerton University has been ranked at position 2,606 in the world, 85 in Africa and position 4 in Kenya. The methodologies used for the rankings are:

1. Visibility/Impact: Number of external networks linking to the institutional webpage (journals linked to the Egerton website). This carries a weight of 50%. For this parameter, Egerton University ranked at position 2,344 in the world, 32 in Africa, and 4 in Kenya.

2.  Transparency/Openness:  Top cited researchers. Number of citations from Top 210 authors. This carries a weight of 10%. For this parameter, Egerton University was ranked 2,855 in the world, 143 in Africa and 7 in Kenya.

3.  Excellence/Scholar:  Top cited papers. Number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of all 27 disciplines of the full database. This carries a weight of 40%. For this parameter, Egerton University attained position 3,716 in the world, 209 in Africa and 5 in Kenya.

    Source: https://www.webometrics.info/en/Africa 

Egerton University has improved in the latest Webometric World University Rankings. Surpassing its previous position, the University ranked at 4^th in Kenya, 71^st in Africa, and 2,374^th globally. This progress showcases a noteworthy improvement from the July 2023 rankings, where Egerton University stood at 4^th in Kenya, 85^th in Africa, and 2,606^th worldwide.