Pasadena City College earned 133 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 10 in the top 1%, 68 in the top 5%, 41 in the top 10% and 14 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #6 of 1,688 in Most Popular for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 133 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 10 / 68
Highest placement: #6 of 1,688, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 28
Placements this edition: 277
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 Pasadena City College Earned?
Pasadena City College holds 133 ranking badges across 28 fields of study, 78 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Learn more 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%
10
Top 5%
68
Top 10%
41
Top 15%
14
Total
133
What Is Pasadena City College Known For?
Pasadena City College is best known for Health Professions: 15 of its 133 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Communication Sciences, Biological & Physical Science and Nursing.
Pasadena City College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,195 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 45%).
The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Pasadena City College appears in 277 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