South Seattle earned 35 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 13 in the top 5%, 11 in the top 10% and 10 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #46 of 5,042 in Ethnic Diversity, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 35 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 13
Highest placement: #46 of 5,042, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 70
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 South Seattle College Earned?
South Seattle College holds 35 ranking badges across 8 fields of study, 14 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. This page reflects the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Read 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%
1
Top 5%
13
Top 10%
11
Top 15%
10
Total
35
What Is South Seattle College Known For?
South Seattle College is best known for Mechanic & Repair Technologies: 7 of its 35 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Liberal Arts General Studies, Vehicle Maintenance & Repair and Other Interdisciplinary Studies.
South Seattle College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,155 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 24%).
College Factual’s rankings are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. South Seattle College appears in 70 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