Golden West College earned 77 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 27 in the top 5%, 35 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #14 of 2,052 in Most Popular for Liberal Arts General Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 77 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 27
Highest placement: #14 of 2,052, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 20
Placements this edition: 165
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 Golden West College Earned?
Golden West College holds 77 ranking badges across 20 fields of study, 30 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. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Explore our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
3
Top 5%
27
Top 10%
35
Top 15%
12
Total
77
What Is Golden West College Known For?
Golden West College is best known for Liberal Arts & Humanities: 6 of its 70 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Liberal Arts General Studies, Cosmetology and Nursing.
How Does Golden West College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Golden West College earned 4 badges across 3 online programs, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #5 of 584 in Most Popular Online for Liberal Arts General Studies.
Each ranking here is drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Golden West College appears in 165 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