With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Women's Golf in Massachusetts ranking - to help you make that decision.
After analyzing 2 schools in Massachusetts, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Women's Golf athletes in Massachusetts. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, the school's athletic competitiveness, and the amount of athletic aid per student - to make this determination. Having a great sports team is not enough - the school must also focus on academic excellence.
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Top Colleges in Massachusetts for Women's Golf athletes in Massachusetts
Amherst College tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Women’s Golf athletes in Massachusetts. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 759 bachelor’s degrees in .
Amherst brought in $144,268 while tallying up $130,837 in expenses for its Women’s Golf team. Thus, the team actually made $13,431, which isn’t bad at all.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Amherst not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #4 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Williams College. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Williams is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It awarded 737 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Golf team at Williams brought home $132,692 in revenue in a single year.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its Best Colleges for Women’s Golf in Massachusetts ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Williams is ranked #3 for overall quality in Massachusetts.
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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%.
