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With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 (FBS) Men's Football in Illinois ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
After analyzing 3 schools in Illinois, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 (FBS) Men's Football athletes in Illinois. 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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See which schools came out on top of our ranking:
Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for D1 (FBS) Men’s Football athletes in Illinois in this year’s ranking. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 2,688 bachelor’s degrees in .
Northwestern brought in $58,918,531 while tallying up $32,910,340 in expenses for its FBS Men’s Football team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $26,008,191 in profit. The great academic progress rate of 995 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 9,150 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The FBS Men’s Football team at UIUC made $63,208,225 in revenue, while incurring $29,035,738 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $34,172,487 for the sports team. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 970.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. UIUC also made our overall quality list, coming in at #3.
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