When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 III Women's Golf in the Southeast Region ranking.
We analyzed 4 colleges and universities across the Southeast Region to determine which were the best for D3 Women's Golf athletes in the Southeast Region. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the athletic competitiveness of the school and the school's overall quality. This means that a school must provide students with a great education in addition to having a good sports team if it wants to rank well.
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Top Colleges in the Southeast Region for D3 Women's Golf athletes in the Southeast Region
Our analysis found Rhodes College to be the best school for D3 Women’s Golf athletes in the Southeast Region in this year’s ranking. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 538 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Rhodes College brought in $214,937 while tallying up $203,133 in expenses for its D3 Women’s Golf team. Thus, the team actually made $11,804, which isn’t bad at all.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Rhodes College also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Berry College. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Mount Berry, Georgia, and it awarded 438 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Women’s Golf team at Berry made $218,007 in revenue, while incurring $159,865 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $58,142 in profit.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Berry also is in the top 10% of our overall quality ranking.
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The excellent sports programs at Oglethorpe University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Women’s Golf athletes in the Southeast Region. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 251 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D3 Women’s Golf team at Oglethorpe brought home $102,146 in revenue in a single year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Methodist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 315 students in .
The D3 Women’s Golf team at Methodist brought home $106,741 in revenue in a single year.
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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%.
