2023 Top Far Western US Region Men's D1 Volleyball Schools
8Colleges
$46,430Avg Tuition & Fees*
63%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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After analyzing 8 schools in the Far Western US Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Men's Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US Region for D1 Men's Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region
Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best school for D1 Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region in this year’s ranking. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 5,642 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Volleyball team at USC made $1,212,295 in revenue. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, USC is in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 9,851 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Men’s Volleyball team at UCLA took home $1,721,211 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 986, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its great ranking here, UCLA is in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 9,011 students in .
The D1 Men’s Volleyball team at UC Irvine brought home $880,639 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 979 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, UC Irvine is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the #4 spot on the list. Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and, has a fairly large student population. In , this school awarded 921 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Speaking financially, the D1 Men’s Volleyball team at Pepperdine took home $1,052,867 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 979, signifying that team members care about their grades.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. Pepperdine 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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The excellent sports programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region. Located in Stanford, California, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1,699 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Men’s Volleyball team at Stanford took home $963,879 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 991.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Volleyball in the Far Western US Region ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Stanford is ranked #2 for overall quality in the Far Western US Region .
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University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Volleyball in the Far Western US Region ranking. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,302 students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Volleyball team at UH Manoa made $1,019,467 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 995.
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California State University - Long Beach did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Volleyball in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. This large public school is located in Long Beach, California, and it awarded 9,259 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Men’s Volleyball team at CSULB took home $1,310,192 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of California - Santa Barbara did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Volleyball in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. This large public school is located in Santa Barbara, California, and it awarded 6,839 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Men’s Volleyball team at UCSB brought home $662,741 in revenue in a single year. The academic progress rate of the team is 970.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its great ranking here, UCSB is in the top 15% of all schools 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 8 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%.
