by our College Data Analytics TeamWindward CC earned 9 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 2 in the top 5%, 3 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #3 of 287 in Most Focused for Ethnic Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
Windward Community College holds 9 ranking badges across 4 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 rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. Placements shown are from the 2026 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.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 1 |
| Top 5% | 2 |
| Top 10% | 3 |
| Top 15% | 3 |
| Total | 9 |
Windward Community College is best known for Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies: 3 of its 8 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Ethnic Studies, Liberal Arts General Studies and Natural Sciences.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Age Diversity | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians. | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Studies | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Sciences | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
In College Factual’s 2026 online-program rankings, Windward Community College earned 1 badge across 1 online program in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #3 of 55 in Most Popular Online for Ethnic Studies.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Studies | ||||
| Most Popular Online | ✓ |
Windward Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,078 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 43%).
College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2026 edition. Windward Community College appears in 57 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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