It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Division I Men's Football in Ohio ranking - to help you make that decision.
We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Ohio to determine which were the best for D1 Men's Football athletes in Ohio. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the athletic competitiveness of the school and the school's overall quality. This means that a school must provide students with a great education in addition to having a good sports team if it wants to rank well.
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Top Colleges in Ohio for D1 Men's Football athletes in Ohio
Our analysis found University of Dayton to be the best school for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Ohio in this year’s ranking. UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In , this school awarded 2,118 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the FCS Men’s Football team at UDayton made $167,000 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 945.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. UDayton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 2 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 1,818 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the FCS Men’s Football team at Youngstown State University made $4,230,772 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 956.
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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%.
