San Jose City College Ranking Badges

San Jose City College earned 14 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 5 in the top 10% and 4 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #20 of 2,080 in Highest Paid Graduates, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 14 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 3
Highest placement: #20 of 2,080, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 4
Placements this edition: 139
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 Jose City College Earned?

San Jose City College holds 14 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 5 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. 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. Read about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	2
Top 5%	3
Top 10%	5
Top 15%	4
Total	14

What Is San Jose City College Known For?

San Jose City College is best known for Personal & Culinary Services: 2 of its 14 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Cosmetology, Liberal Arts General Studies and Building Management & Inspection.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Male / Female Diversity		✓
Male / Female Diversity (Far Western)		✓
Male / Female Diversity (California)		✓
Age Diversity			✓
Age Diversity (Far Western)	✓
Age Diversity (California)	✓
Highest Paid Graduates				✓
Highest Paid Graduates (Far Western)			✓
Highest Paid Graduates (California)		✓

Business, Management & Marketing

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Business Administration & Management
Top Ranked	✓

Construction Trades

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Building Management & Inspection
Most Popular	✓

Liberal Arts & Humanities

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

Personal & Culinary Services

Ranking	Top 5%	Top 1%
Top Ranked	✓
Cosmetology
Top Ranked		✓

How Does San Jose City College Rank for Online Students?

San Jose City College earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #29 of 81 in Most Popular Online for Computer Programming (top 36%).

How Does San Jose City College Rank for Veterans?

San Jose City College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,316 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

The rankings above are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. San Jose City College appears in 139 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.