Parkland College Ranking Badges

Parkland College earned 17 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 7 in the top 10% and 7 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #19 of 1,078 in Top Ranked for Nursing & Nursing Assistants, a top 5% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 17 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 3
Highest placement: #19 of 1,078, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 123
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 Parkland College Earned?

Parkland College holds 17 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 3 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. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See 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%	0
Top 5%	3
Top 10%	7
Top 15%	7
Total	17

What Is Parkland College Known For?

Parkland College is best known for Health Professions: 6 of its 17 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Nursing & Nursing Assistants, Allied Health Services and Vehicle Maintenance & Repair.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Best for the Money		✓
Best for the Money (Great Lakes)	✓
Overall Diversity (Great Lakes)	✓
Male / Female Diversity		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Great Lakes)		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Illinois)		✓
Ethnic Diversity (Great Lakes)	✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Top Ranked	✓
Best Value		✓
Allied Health Services
Top Ranked			✓
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
Top Ranked		✓
Mental & Social Health Services
Best Value	✓
Nursing & Nursing Assistants
Top Ranked			✓

Mechanic & Repair Technologies

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 5%
Top Ranked		✓
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair
Top Ranked	✓

Transportation & Materials Moving

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Air Transportation
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused	✓

How Does Parkland College Rank for Veterans?

Parkland College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,712 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 35%).

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Notes and References

Each ranking here is built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Parkland College appears in 123 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.