NECC earned 38 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 10 in the top 5%, 17 in the top 10% and 10 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #5 of 534 in Highest Paid Graduates for Dental Support Services, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 38 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 10
Highest placement: #5 of 534, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 124
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 Northern Essex Community College Earned?
Northern Essex Community College holds 38 ranking badges across 7 fields of study, 11 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. This page reflects 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%
1
Top 5%
10
Top 10%
17
Top 15%
10
Total
38
What Is Northern Essex Community College Known For?
Northern Essex Community College is best known for Health Professions: 18 of its 38 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Dental Support Services, Allied Health Services and Business & Commerce.
How Does Northern Essex Community College Rank for Veterans?
Northern Essex Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,188 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 45%).
Each ranking here is built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Northern Essex Community College appears in 124 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