New River Community College Ranking Badges

NRCC earned 15 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 3 in the top 10% and 6 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #36 of 1,376 in Economic Diversity (Southeast), a top 5% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 15 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 6
Highest placement: #36 of 1,376, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 104
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 New River Community College Earned?

New River Community College holds 15 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 6 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. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. These badges come from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. 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%	6
Top 10%	3
Top 15%	6
Total	15

What Is New River Community College Known For?

New River Community College is best known for Engineering Technologies: 3 of its 15 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Electronics Engineering, Electronics Maintenance & Repair and Business Administration & Management.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Best for the Money	✓
Best for the Money (Southeast)	✓
Male / Female Diversity		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Southeast)		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Virginia)		✓
Economic Diversity			✓
Economic Diversity (Southeast)			✓
Economic Diversity (Virginia)			✓

Business, Management & Marketing

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best Value	✓
Business Administration & Management
Best Value	✓

Engineering Technologies

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 5%
Best Value	✓
Electronics Engineering
Most Popular		✓
Most Focused		✓

Mechanic & Repair Technologies

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 5%
Top Ranked	✓
Electronics Maintenance & Repair
Top Ranked		✓

How Does New River Community College Rank for Veterans?

New River Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,177 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

Each ranking here is grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. New River Community College appears in 104 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.