With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Men's Basketball in Alabama ranking is part of that endeavor.
Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for D1 Men's Basketball athletes in Alabama. 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 Alabama for D1 Men's Basketball athletes in Alabama
Auburn University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Alabama. This large public school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 5,764 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Auburn took home $17,007,845 in revenue and paid out $13,813,577 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $3,194,268. The great academic progress rate of 995 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. Auburn also took the #2 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. The University of Alabama is a large public school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 7,332 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at UA took home $19,047,972 in revenue and paid out $10,900,723 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $8,147,249. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 990.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. UA not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #3 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Alabama list. Samford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 930 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Men’s Basketball team at Samford brought home $2,653,856 in revenue in a single year. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 964.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Samford not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #1 on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #4 on our list means University of Alabama at Birmingham is a great place for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Alabama working on their bachelor’s degree. UAB is a large public school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 2,844 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at UAB took home $4,584,655 in revenue and paid out $4,334,009 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $250,646. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 995.
UAB did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Alabama list. Jacksonville State University is located in Jacksonville, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In , this school awarded 1,435 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Basketball team at Jacksonville State University made $1,760,320 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 939.
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With a ranking of #6, University of South Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Basketball in Alabama ranking. USA is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,924 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Basketball team at USA made $2,425,856 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 980.
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Troy University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Basketball in Alabama ranking. This fairly large public school is located in Troy, Alabama, and it awarded 2,320 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at TROY took home $1,770,680 in revenue and paid out $1,670,039 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $100,641, which isn’t bad at all. The academic progress rate of the team is 960.
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With a ranking of #8, Alabama State University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Basketball in Alabama ranking. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, the small public school awarded 480 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D1 Men’s Basketball team at Alabama State brought home $832,435 in revenue in a single year. The academic progress rate of the team is 909.
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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%.
