When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division II Women's Golf in the Southwest Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across the Southwest Region to determine which were the best for D2 Women's Golf athletes in the Southwest Region. 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 the Southwest Region for D2 Women's Golf athletes in the Southwest Region
Our 2023 rankings named Saint Edward’s University the best school for D2 Women’s Golf athletes in the Southwest Region working on their bachelor’s degree. St. Edward’s University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 780 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, St. Edward’s University also is in the top 20% of our overall quality ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 618 bachelor’s degrees in .
DBU brought in $658,030 while tallying up $556,660 in expenses for its D2 Women’s Golf team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $101,370 for the sports team.
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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.
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%.
