With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division III Men's Lacrosse in Iowa ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
After analyzing 2 schools in Iowa, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D3 Men's Lacrosse athletes in Iowa. 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.
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.
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Top Colleges in Iowa for D3 Men's Lacrosse athletes in Iowa
Our analysis found Cornell College to be the best school for D3 Men’s Lacrosse athletes in Iowa in this year’s ranking. Cornell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 279 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Lacrosse team at Cornell College took home $159,447 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Cornell College also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #2 on our list means University of Dubuque is a great place for D3 Men’s Lacrosse athletes in Iowa working on their bachelor’s degree. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 412 students in .
The D3 Men’s Lacrosse team at UD made $150,913 in revenue, while incurring $150,798 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $115 for the sports team.
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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.
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%.
