HCC earned 121 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 12 in the top 1%, 63 in the top 5%, 35 in the top 10% and 11 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 41 in Top Ranked Veterans for Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians., a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 121 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 12 / 63
Highest placement: #1 of 41, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 200
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 Hillsborough Community College Earned?
Hillsborough Community College holds 121 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 75 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 awards below are from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. See 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%
12
Top 5%
63
Top 10%
35
Top 15%
11
Total
121
What Is Hillsborough Community College Known For?
Hillsborough Community College is best known for Health Professions: 19 of its 93 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Allied Health Services, Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Health Professions. Its highest traditional-student placement is #2 of 1,449 in Most Popular for Allied Health Services.
How Does Hillsborough Community College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Hillsborough Community College earned 3 badges across 2 online programs, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #6 of 584 in Most Popular Online for Liberal Arts General Studies.
How Does Hillsborough Community College Rank for Veterans?
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, Hillsborough Community College earned 25 badges, 16 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 41 in Top Ranked Veterans for Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians..
Each ranking here is built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Hillsborough Community College appears in 200 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