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2023 Top District of Columbia Men's D3 Football 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 III Men's Football in District of Columbia ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in District of Columbia, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D3 Men's Football athletes in District of Columbia. 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 District of Columbia for D3 Men's Football athletes in District of Columbia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 in Quality in District of Columbia

$591,755 Team Revenue

$54,186 Avg Tuition & Fees

Catholic University of America tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D3 Men’s Football athletes in District of Columbia. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 834 bachelor’s degrees in . CUA brought in $591,755 while tallying up $575,714 in expenses for its D3 Men’s Football team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $16,041 for the sports team. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Football in District of Columbia ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CUA is ranked #4 for overall quality in District of Columbia. Read More…

2

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 in Quality in District of Columbia

$524,096 Team Revenue

$17,712 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Men’s Football athletes in District of Columbia list. Gallaudet University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 222 bachelor’s degrees in . The team at Gallaudet took home $524,096 in revenue and paid out $522,532 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $1,564 for the sports team. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Read full sports report on Gallaudet University

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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.