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2023 Top Far Western US Region Men's D1 Outdoor Track and Field Schools

Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field in the Far Western US Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for D1 Men's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Far Western US 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.

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in the Far Western US Region for D1 Men's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Far Western US Region

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#6 in Quality in the Far Western US Region

$64,726 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best school for D1 Men’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Far Western US Region in this year’s ranking. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 5,642 bachelor’s degrees in . Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USC also is in the top 5% of our overall quality ranking. Read More…

2

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

Top 25% in Quality in the Far Western US Region

$39,801 Avg Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #2 spot on the list. UO is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4,382 bachelor’s degrees in . With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Read full sports report on University of Oregon

3

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

#8 in Quality in the Far Western US Region

$43,473 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. University of California - Los Angeles is a large public school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 9,851 bachelor’s degrees in . With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list. Full University of California - Los Angeles Sports Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 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.