Gaston College earned 33 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 4 in the top 5%, 8 in the top 10% and 18 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 186 in Most Popular for Biotechnology, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 33 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 4
Highest placement: #1 of 186, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 9
Placements this edition: 128
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 Gaston College Earned?
Gaston College holds 33 ranking badges across 9 fields of study, 7 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. This page reflects the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. 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%
4
Top 10%
8
Top 15%
18
Total
33
What Is Gaston College Known For?
Gaston College is best known for Health Professions: 6 of its 31 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Biotechnology, Cosmetology and Nursing & Nursing Assistants.
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Gaston College earned 2 badges across 2 online programs, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 9 in Most Popular Online for Biotechnology.
Gaston College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,015 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 21%).
Badges on this page come from rankings drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Gaston College appears in 128 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