South Suburban College Ranking Badges

SSC earned 12 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 1 in the top 5%, 5 in the top 10% and 6 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #41 of 1,066 in Best Value for Allied Health Services, a top 5% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 12 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 1
Highest placement: #41 of 1,066, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 63
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 Suburban College Earned?

South Suburban College holds 12 ranking badges across 3 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. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. See 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%	1
Top 10%	5
Top 15%	6
Total	12

What Is South Suburban College Known For?

South Suburban College is best known for Health Professions: 5 of its 12 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Allied Health Services, Nursing & Nursing Assistants and Allied Health Professions.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Best for the Money		✓
Best for the Money (Great Lakes)		✓
Best for the Money (Illinois)	✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Best Value		✓
Allied Health Professions
Best Value		✓
Allied Health Services
Best Value			✓
Nursing
Best Value	✓
Nursing & Nursing Assistants
Best Value		✓

Liberal Arts & Humanities

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best Value	✓
Liberal Arts General Studies
Best Value	✓

Personal & Culinary Services

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best Value	✓
Cosmetology
Best Value	✓

How Does South Suburban College Rank for Veterans?

South Suburban College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,683 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 35%).

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Notes and References

Badges on this page come from rankings drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. South Suburban College appears in 63 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).

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