ECC earned 76 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 19 in the top 5%, 33 in the top 10% and 23 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 635 in Top Ranked for Dental Support Services, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 76 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 19
Highest placement: #1 of 635, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 15
Placements this edition: 157
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 Elgin Community College Earned?
Elgin Community College holds 76 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 or online-program rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Find out more about 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%
19
Top 10%
33
Top 15%
23
Total
76
What Is Elgin Community College Known For?
Elgin Community College is best known for Health Professions: 18 of its 76 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Dental Support Services, Ground Transportation and Nursing & Nursing Assistants.
How Does Elgin Community College Rank for Veterans?
Elgin Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #895 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 19%).
The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Elgin Community College appears in 157 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