Gavilan College earned 31 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 11 in the top 10% and 13 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 715 in Highest Paid Graduates for Communication & Media Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 31 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 6
Highest placement: #2 of 715, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 112
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 Gavilan College Earned?
Gavilan College holds 31 ranking badges across 7 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 or online-program rankings. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
6
Top 10%
11
Top 15%
13
Total
31
What Is Gavilan College Known For?
Gavilan College is best known for Health Professions: 8 of its 31 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Communication & Media Studies, Business Administration & Management and Business & Commerce.
Gavilan College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,149 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 44%).
The rankings above are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Gavilan College appears in 112 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