2023 Top Plains States Region Women's D3 Ice Hockey Schools
9Colleges
$44,164Avg Tuition & Fees*
65%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for D3 Women's Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region. 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 the Plains States Region for D3 Women's Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region
Gustavus Adolphus College tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D3 Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Peter, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 682 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at Gustavus Adolphus took home $243,584 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Gustavus Adolphus also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent sports programs at Concordia College at Moorhead helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region. Concordia College Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 453 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at Concordia College Moorhead made $133,351 in revenue.
Concordia College Moorhead excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,722 students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at UST MN took home $1,180,308 in revenue.
UST MN excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at The College of Saint Scholastica helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 761 students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at St. Scholastica took home $301,508 in revenue.
St. Scholastica excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Augsburg University. The school came in at #5 in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 572 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at Augsburg made $202,840 in revenue.
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St Olaf College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and it awarded 969 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at St. Olaf took home $174,815 in revenue and paid out $157,494 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $17,321.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, St. Olaf also is in the top 5% of our overall quality ranking.
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Bethel University Minnesota ranked #7 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 737 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at Bethel University Minnesota made $116,375 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Bethel University Minnesota excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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Hamline University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region list. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 494 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at Hamline took home $228,101 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #9, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking. SMU MN is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 424 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D3 Women’s Ice Hockey team at SMU MN brought home $329,799 in revenue in a single year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 9 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%.
