RHCCD earned 29 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 8 in the top 10% and 6 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #4 of 397 in Most Popular for Fire Protection, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 29 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 12
Highest placement: #4 of 397, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 208
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Rio Hondo College Earned?
Rio Hondo College holds 29 ranking badges across 8 fields of study, 15 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 rankings. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. Placements shown are from the 2026 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. 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%
3
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
8
Top 15%
6
Total
29
What Is Rio Hondo College Known For?
Rio Hondo College is best known for Law Enforcement & Firefighting: 5 of its 20 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Fire Protection, Carpentry and Criminal Justice & Corrections.
How Does Rio Hondo College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2026 online-program rankings, Rio Hondo College earned 3 badges across 3 online programs, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #2 of 43 in Most Popular Online for Fire Protection.
In College Factual’s 2026 veterans rankings, Rio Hondo College earned 6 badges, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #240 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
Badges on this page come from rankings built on federal education data, 2026 edition. Rio Hondo College appears in 208 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