Choose a SportMen's BaseballMen's BasketballMen's FencingMen's FootballMen's GolfMen's GymasticsMen's Ice HockeyMen's Track & Field (Indoor)Men's LacrosseMen's Track & Field (Outdoor)Men's RifleMen's SoccerMen's SwimmingMen's TennisMen's VolleyballMen's Water PoloMen's WrestlingWomen's BasketballWomen's BowlingWomen's FencingWomen's Field HockeyWomen's GolfWomen's GymnasticsWomen's Ice HockeyWomen's Track & Field (Indoor)Women's LacrosseWomen's Track & Field (Outdoor)Women's RowingWomen's SoccerWomen's SoftballWomen's SwimmingWomen's TennisWomen's VolleyballWomen's Water Polo

2023 Top Illinois Men's D2 Football Schools

With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Division II Men's Football in Illinois ranking.

After analyzing 2 schools in Illinois, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Men's Football athletes in Illinois. 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.

Custom Rankings

Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

We've created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don't have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Top Colleges in Illinois for D2 Men's Football athletes in Illinois

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

McKendree University
Lebanon, Illinois

$1,929,470 Team Revenue

$33,430 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found McKendree University to be the best school for D2 Men’s Football athletes in Illinois in this year’s ranking. McKendree is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lebanon, Illinois. It awarded 440 bachelor’s degrees in . The D2 Men’s Football team at McKendree brought home $1,929,470 in revenue in a single year. Full McKendree University Sports Report

2

Quincy University
Quincy, Illinois

$2,207,668 Team Revenue

$31,940 Avg Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on our list means Quincy University is a great place for D2 Men’s Football athletes in Illinois working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Quincy, Illinois, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 226 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in . The team at Quincy U took home $2,207,668 in revenue and paid out $1,783,808 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $423,860. Read More…

View Best Colleges for D2 Men’s Football in the Great Lakes Region >

More Rankings >

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.