According to the online ranking of private universities in South China of China in 2024, Guangzhou Southern College ranked second in China, with the province 1. Guangzhou Southern College is an independent college jointly founded by Sun Yat-sen University and Guangdong Zhujiang Investment Co., Ltd., and is headed by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education. This college is a comprehensive application-oriented undergraduate college approved by the Ministry of Education, a pilot college for the comprehensive reform of the higher education system in Guangdong Province, and the first batch of pilot colleges for the transformation of ordinary undergraduate courses in Guangdong Province.
In 2022, the college was rated as the top 30 in the first-class professional ranking (applied) of China University in 2022 by Iresen Alumni Association.