Western Texas College earned 34 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 15 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 177 in Most Focused for Horticulture, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 34 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 5
Highest placement: #1 of 177, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 68
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 Western Texas College Earned?
Western Texas College holds 34 ranking badges across 8 fields of study, 7 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 veterans rankings. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Learn more about 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%
2
Top 5%
5
Top 10%
15
Top 15%
12
Total
34
What Is Western Texas College Known For?
Western Texas College is best known for Agriculture: 3 of its 34 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Horticulture, Mining & Petroleum Technology and Electrical & Power Installation.
How Does Western Texas College Rank for Online Students?
Western Texas College earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #100 of 116 in Most Popular Online for Allied Health Services.
The rankings above are calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Western Texas College appears in 68 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