Yakima Valley College Ranking Badges

YVC earned 8 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 1 in the top 5%, 2 in the top 10% and 4 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 25 in Most Focused for Other Foreign Language & Literature, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 8 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 1
Highest placement: #1 of 25, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 3
Placements this edition: 90
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 Yakima Valley College Earned?

Yakima Valley College holds 8 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 2 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. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. This page reflects the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	1
Top 5%	1
Top 10%	2
Top 15%	4
Total	8

What Is Yakima Valley College Known For?

Yakima Valley College is best known for Foreign Languages & Linguistics: 2 of its 8 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Other Foreign Language & Literature, Teacher Education Grade Specific and Liberal Arts General Studies.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Economic Diversity	✓
Economic Diversity (Far Western)		✓
Economic Diversity (Washington)	✓

Education

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Teacher Education Grade Specific
Most Focused			✓

Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 1%
Other Foreign Language & Literature
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused		✓

Liberal Arts & Humanities

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

How Does Yakima Valley College Rank for Veterans?

Yakima Valley College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,182 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 45%).

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Notes and References

Badges on this page come from rankings grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Yakima Valley College appears in 90 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.