DMACC earned 54 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 5 in the top 1%, 15 in the top 5%, 10 in the top 10% and 24 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 51 in Highest Paid Graduates for Homeland Security, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 54 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 5 / 15
Highest placement: #1 of 51, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 15
Placements this edition: 252
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 Des Moines Area Community College Earned?
Des Moines Area Community College holds 54 ranking badges across 15 fields of study, 20 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. Read about 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%
5
Top 5%
15
Top 10%
10
Top 15%
24
Total
54
What Is Des Moines Area Community College Known For?
Des Moines Area Community College is best known for Law Enforcement & Firefighting: 6 of its 53 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Funeral & Mortuary Science, Homeland Security and Nursing & Nursing Assistants.
How Does Des Moines Area Community College Rank for Online Students?
Des Moines Area Community College earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #79 of 217 in Most Popular Online for Information Technology (top 37%).
How Does Des Moines Area Community College Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Des Moines Area Community College earned 1 badge; its highest placement is #451 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Des Moines Area Community College appears in 252 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