CCNY earned 110 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 22 in the top 1%, 49 in the top 5%, 17 in the top 10% and 22 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #4 of 1,653 in Best Value for Education, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 110 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 22 / 49
Highest placement: #4 of 1,653, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 270
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 CUNY City College Earned?
CUNY City College holds 110 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 71 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. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
22
Top 5%
49
Top 10%
17
Top 15%
22
Total
110
What Is CUNY City College Known For?
CUNY City College is best known for Education: 20 of its 108 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Teacher Education Grade Specific, Communication & Media Studies and Liberal Arts General Studies.
How Does CUNY City College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, CUNY City College earned 2 badges across 2 online programs; its highest placement is #3 of 19 in Most Popular Online for Sustainability Science.
CUNY City College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #790 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 16%).
The rankings above are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. CUNY City College appears in 270 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