Palo Alto College earned 27 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 4 in the top 5%, 9 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 160 in Highest Paid Graduates (Texas), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 27 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 4
Highest placement: #2 of 160, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 80
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 Palo Alto College Earned?
Palo Alto College holds 27 ranking badges across 8 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. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. This page reflects the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Explore our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
4
Top 10%
9
Top 15%
12
Total
27
What Is Palo Alto College Known For?
Palo Alto College is best known for Agriculture: 4 of its 27 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Teacher Education Grade Specific, Liberal Arts General Studies and Cosmetology.
Palo Alto College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,869 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 38%).
College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Palo Alto College appears in 80 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