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2023 Top California Women's D1 Indoor Track and Field Schools

Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field in California ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in California, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Women's Indoor Track and Field athletes in California. 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.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in California for D1 Women's Indoor Track and Field athletes in California

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#6 in Quality in California

$64,726 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best school for D1 Women’s Indoor Track and Field athletes in California in this year’s ranking. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,642 students in . The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. In addition to its great ranking here, USC is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list. Read full sports report on University of Southern California

2

Stanford University
Stanford, California

#2 in Quality in California

$58,416 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Women’s Indoor Track and Field athletes in California list. Located in Stanford, California, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,699 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in . Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. Stanford also took the #2 spot in our overall quality rankings. Full Stanford University Sports Report

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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.
• Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.