San Diego City College earned 18 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 1 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 11 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #6 of 116 in Highest Paid Graduates for Biological & Physical Science, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 18 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 1
Highest placement: #6 of 116, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 7
Placements this edition: 146
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 San Diego City College Earned?
San Diego City College holds 18 ranking badges across 7 fields of study, 1 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. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. 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%
0
Top 5%
1
Top 10%
6
Top 15%
11
Total
18
What Is San Diego City College Known For?
San Diego City College is best known for Public & Social Service: 4 of its 18 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Biological & Physical Science, General Biology and Electrical & Power Installation.
How Does San Diego City College Rank for Veterans?
San Diego City College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,601 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 33%).
Each ranking here is grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. San Diego City College appears in 146 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