SBCC earned 42 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 8 in the top 5%, 16 in the top 10% and 15 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 19 in Most Popular Online for Biological & Physical Science, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 42 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 8
Highest placement: #1 of 19, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 10
Placements this edition: 160
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 Santa Barbara City College Earned?
Santa Barbara City College holds 42 ranking badges across 10 fields of study, 11 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. See our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
3
Top 5%
8
Top 10%
16
Top 15%
15
Total
42
What Is Santa Barbara City College Known For?
Santa Barbara City College is best known for Health Professions: 8 of its 36 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include General Psychology, Liberal Arts General Studies and Health/Medical Admin Services. Its highest traditional-student placement is #11 of 2,080 in Highest Paid Graduates.
How Does Santa Barbara City College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Santa Barbara City College earned 2 badges across 2 online programs, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 19 in Most Popular Online for Biological & Physical Science.
Badges on this page come from rankings drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Santa Barbara City College appears in 160 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