Southwestern Community College Ranking Badges

SWCC earned 9 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 1 in the top 10% and 5 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #10 of 444 in Economic Diversity (The Plains States), a top 5% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 9 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 3
Highest placement: #10 of 444, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 82
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 Southwestern Community College Earned?

Southwestern Community College holds 9 ranking badges across 3 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. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	0
Top 5%	3
Top 10%	1
Top 15%	5
Total	9

What Is Southwestern Community College Known For?

Southwestern Community College is best known for Construction Trades: 2 of its 9 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Carpentry, Nursing & Nursing Assistants and Teaching Assistant/Aide.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 5%
Best for the Money (The Plains States)	✓
Best for the Money (Iowa)	✓
Economic Diversity		✓
Economic Diversity (The Plains States)		✓
Economic Diversity (Iowa)		✓

Construction Trades

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Top Ranked	✓
Carpentry
Most Focused		✓

Education

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Teaching Assistant/Aide
Most Focused	✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Nursing & Nursing Assistants
Top Ranked	✓

How Does Southwestern Community College Rank for Veterans?

Southwestern Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,401 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 49%).

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Notes and References

The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Southwestern Community College appears in 82 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.