National University College earned 72 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 27 in the top 1%, 25 in the top 5%, 14 in the top 10% and 6 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 1,568 in Most Popular for Cosmetology, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 72 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 27 / 25
Highest placement: #1 of 1,568, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 269
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 NUC University Earned?
NUC University holds 72 ranking badges across 12 fields of study, 52 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. 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. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
27
Top 5%
25
Top 10%
14
Top 15%
6
Total
72
What Is NUC University Known For?
NUC University is best known for Health Professions: 8 of its 47 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Optometric Support Services, Cosmetology and Culinary Arts.
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, NUC University earned 25 badges across 24 online programs, 19 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 47 in Most Popular Online for Dental Support Services.
NUC University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,901 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
Continue Your Research on National University College
Each ranking here is grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. NUC University appears in 269 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