When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. 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 Kansas ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for D1 (FBS) Men's Football athletes in Kansas. 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 Kansas for D1 (FBS) Men's Football athletes in Kansas
Our 2023 rankings named Kansas State University the best school for D1 (FBS) Men’s Football athletes in Kansas working on their bachelor’s degree. K -State is a fairly large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 3,938 bachelor’s degrees in .
The FBS Men’s Football team at K -State made $50,528,678 in revenue, while incurring $23,426,696 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $27,101,982 for the sports team. The team has a great academic progress rate of 978, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. K -State also took the #2 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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Out of the 2 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, the large public school awarded 4,493 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The FBS Men’s Football team at KU made $39,077,010 in revenue, while incurring $21,282,122 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $17,794,888, which isn’t bad at all. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 960.
KU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 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%.
