When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Division I Women's Basketball in Wisconsin ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 4 colleges and universities across Wisconsin to determine which were the best for D1 Women's Basketball athletes in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin for D1 Women's Basketball athletes in Wisconsin
Our analysis found Marquette University to be the best school for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in Wisconsin in this year’s ranking. Marquette University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 2,470 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at Marquette made $4,329,846 in revenue. 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%. Marquette not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #3 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, the large public school awarded 9,741 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at UW - Madison made $752,441 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 987 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #3 on our list means University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is a great place for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in Wisconsin working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is a medium-sized public school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 1,371 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at UW - Green Bay took home $1,374,764 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 996 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the large public school handed out 3,936 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at UWM took home $4,394,570 in revenue. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 4 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%.
