Grand Rapids Community College Ranking Badges

Grand Rapids Community College earned 16 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 9 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #43 of 1,621 in Top Ranked for Personal & Culinary Services, a top 5% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 16 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 3
Highest placement: #43 of 1,621, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 4
Placements this edition: 154
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 Grand Rapids Community College Earned?

Grand Rapids Community College holds 16 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 3 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Read 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%	0
Top 5%	3
Top 10%	4
Top 15%	9
Total	16

What Is Grand Rapids Community College Known For?

Grand Rapids Community College is best known for Engineering Technologies: 6 of its 15 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Industrial Production Technology, Drafting & Design Engineering and Electromechanical Engineering.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Best for the Money	✓
Best for the Money (Great Lakes)	✓
Most Popular (Great Lakes)	✓
Most Popular (Michigan)		✓

Business, Management & Marketing

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Business Support & Assistance
Most Popular	✓

Engineering Technologies

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Top Ranked	✓
Drafting & Design Engineering
Top Ranked			✓
Most Popular	✓
Electromechanical Engineering
Top Ranked		✓
Industrial Production Technology
Top Ranked	✓
Highest Paid Graduates			✓

Personal & Culinary Services

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Top Ranked			✓
Best Value	✓
Culinary Arts
Top Ranked		✓
Most Popular	✓

How Does Grand Rapids Community College Rank for Online Students?

In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Grand Rapids Community College earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #49 of 584 in Most Popular Online for Liberal Arts General Studies.

Liberal Arts & Humanities

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Liberal Arts General Studies
Most Popular Online		✓

How Does Grand Rapids Community College Rank for Veterans?

Grand Rapids Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,255 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 26%).

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Notes and References

College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Grand Rapids Community College appears in 154 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.