Paradise Valley Community College Ranking Badges

Paradise Valley Community College earned 17 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 8 in the top 5%, 3 in the top 10% and 5 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #8 of 1,323 in Most Popular for Fine & Studio Arts, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 17 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 8
Highest placement: #8 of 1,323, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 6
Placements this edition: 109
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 Paradise Valley Community College Earned?

Paradise Valley Community College holds 17 ranking badges across 6 fields of study, 9 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. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Read about 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%	1
Top 5%	8
Top 10%	3
Top 15%	5
Total	17

What Is Paradise Valley Community College Known For?

Paradise Valley Community College is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 3 of its 17 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Fine & Studio Arts, Business Administration & Management and Allied Health Professions.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Male / Female Diversity (Arizona)	✓
Age Diversity			✓
Age Diversity (Southwest)			✓
Age Diversity (Arizona)			✓
Most Popular (Southwest)	✓
Highest Paid Graduates (Southwest)		✓

Business, Management & Marketing

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Business Administration & Management
Highest Paid Graduates			✓
Entrepreneurial Studies
Most Popular		✓
Most Focused	✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 5%
Allied Health Professions
Most Popular		✓
Nursing & Nursing Assistants
Top Ranked	✓

Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Fire Protection
Highest Paid Graduates	✓

Liberal Arts & Humanities

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Liberal Arts General Studies
Highest Paid Graduates			✓

Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Natural Sciences
Most Popular		✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 5%	Top 1%
Most Popular	✓
Fine & Studio Arts
Most Popular		✓
Most Focused	✓

How Does Paradise Valley Community College Rank for Veterans?

Paradise Valley Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,169 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 24%).

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Notes and References

These rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Paradise Valley Community College appears in 109 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.