Howard County Junior College earned 18 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 0 in the top 5%, 5 in the top 10% and 13 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #72 of 1,300 in Best Value for Cosmetology, a top 10% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 18 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 0
Highest placement: #72 of 1,300, a top 10% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 97
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 Howard College Earned?
Howard College holds 18 ranking badges across 7 fields of study; 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 awards below are from the 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%
0
Top 10%
5
Top 15%
13
Total
18
What Is Howard College Known For?
Howard College is best known for Personal & Culinary Services: 4 of its 18 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Cosmetology, General Agriculture and Nursing & Nursing Assistants.
Howard College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,418 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 49%).
Continue Your Research on Howard County Junior College
These rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Howard College appears in 97 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