GCSC earned 25 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 13 in the top 10% and 10 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #38 of 1,216 in Best for the Money (Southeast), a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 25 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 2
Highest placement: #38 of 1,216, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 78
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 Gulf Coast State College Earned?
Gulf Coast State College holds 25 ranking badges across 7 fields of study, 2 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. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
0
Top 5%
2
Top 10%
13
Top 15%
10
Total
25
What Is Gulf Coast State College Known For?
Gulf Coast State College is best known for Health Professions: 6 of its 24 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Allied Health Services, Liberal Arts General Studies and Business Administration & Management.
How Does Gulf Coast State College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Gulf Coast State College earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #73 of 584 in Most Popular Online for Liberal Arts General Studies.
How Does Gulf Coast State College Rank for Veterans?
Gulf Coast State College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #781 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 16%).
College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Gulf Coast State College appears in 78 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