Cuesta College earned 28 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 10 in the top 10% and 5 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 3 in Most Popular Online for Library & Archives Assisting, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 28 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 12
Highest placement: #1 of 3, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 174
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 Cuesta College Earned?
Cuesta College holds 28 ranking badges across 7 fields of study, 13 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Explore our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
10
Top 15%
5
Total
28
What Is Cuesta College Known For?
Cuesta College is best known for Health Professions: 7 of its 27 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Mental & Social Health Services, Child Development & Family Studies and Liberal Arts General Studies. Its highest traditional-student placement is #21 of 902 in Most Popular for Mental & Social Health Services.
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Cuesta College earned 1 badge across 1 online program in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 3 in Most Popular Online for Library & Archives Assisting.
Cuesta College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,223 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 46%).
These rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Cuesta College appears in 174 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