Schenectady County Community College Ranking Badges

SUNY Schenectady earned 12 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 2 in the top 10% and 7 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #3 of 162 in Highest Paid Graduates for Legal Support Services, a top 5% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 12 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 3
Highest placement: #3 of 162, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 6
Placements this edition: 83
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 Schenectady County Community College Earned?

Schenectady County Community College holds 12 ranking badges across 6 fields of study, 3 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. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	0
Top 5%	3
Top 10%	2
Top 15%	7
Total	12

What Is Schenectady County Community College Known For?

Schenectady County Community College is best known for Legal Professions: 2 of its 12 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Legal Support Services, Music and Food Science Technology.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best for the Money (Middle Atlantic)	✓
Best for the Money (New York)	✓
Ethnic Diversity	✓

Agriculture

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Food Science Technology
Most Focused			✓

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Child Development & Family Studies
Highest Paid Graduates	✓
Food, Nutrition & Related Services
Most Focused	✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Health Sciences & Services
Most Focused		✓

Legal Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 5%
Legal Support Services
Highest Paid Graduates		✓
Most Focused	✓

Personal & Culinary Services

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Top Ranked		✓
Culinary Arts
Most Focused	✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Music
Most Focused			✓

How Does Schenectady County Community College Rank for Veterans?

Schenectady County Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,756 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 36%).

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Notes and References

Each ranking here is based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Schenectady County Community College appears in 83 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.