2023 Top South Dakota Women's D1 Basketball Schools
2Colleges
$12,876Avg Tuition & Fees*
39%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Division I Women's Basketball in South Dakota ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across South Dakota to determine which were the best for D1 Women's Basketball athletes in South Dakota. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the athletic competitiveness of the school. Thus, in order to rank well, the school must offer a quality education in addition to having a great sports team.
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Top Colleges in South Dakota for D1 Women's Basketball athletes in South Dakota
Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best school for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in South Dakota working on their bachelor’s degree. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 2,023 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at South Dakota State took home $1,675,411 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 996.
South Dakota State also made our overall quality list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,293 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at USD took home $1,815,603 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 995.
USD did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.
References
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.
The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
