MiraCosta College earned 46 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 7 in the top 5%, 18 in the top 10% and 21 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #28 of 2,080 in Highest Paid Graduates, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 46 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 7
Highest placement: #28 of 2,080, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 171
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 MiraCosta College Earned?
MiraCosta College holds 46 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 7 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 or online-program rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Explore 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%
7
Top 10%
18
Top 15%
21
Total
46
What Is MiraCosta College Known For?
MiraCosta College is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 4 of its 45 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Child Development & Family Studies, Business Administration & Management and Liberal Arts General Studies.
In College Factual’s 2027 veterans rankings, MiraCosta College earned 1 badge in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #205 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. MiraCosta College appears in 171 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