Bakersfield College earned 27 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 10 in the top 10% and 2 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #9 of 2,052 in Most Popular for Liberal Arts General Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 27 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 12
Highest placement: #9 of 2,052, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 234
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 Bakersfield College Earned?
Bakersfield College holds 27 ranking badges across 12 fields of study, 15 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Read about our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
3
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
10
Top 15%
2
Total
27
What Is Bakersfield College Known For?
Bakersfield College is best known for Liberal Arts & Humanities: 3 of its 26 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Liberal Arts General Studies, Romance Languages and General Psychology.
Each ranking here is based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Bakersfield College appears in 234 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