2021 Top New Jersey Men's D1 Soccer Schools
8
Colleges
$40,537
Avg Tuition & Fees*
53%
Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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 I Men's Soccer in New Jersey ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Our analysis looked at 8 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for D1 Men's Soccer athletes in New Jersey. 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 New Jersey for D1 Men's Soccer athletes in New Jersey
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Our 2021 rankings named Rider University the best school for D1 Men’s Soccer athletes in New Jersey working on their bachelor’s degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and it awarded 1,010 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The D1 Men’s Soccer team at Rider brought home $734,394 in revenue in a single year. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 985.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seton Hall University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for D1 Men’s Soccer athletes in New Jersey list. Seton Hall is located in South Orange, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,646 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D1 Men’s Soccer team at Seton Hall brought home $1,157,475 in revenue in a single year. The academic progress rate of the team is 953.
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Out of the 8 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. NJIT is a public institution located in Newark, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,863 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
NJIT brought in $805,093 while tallying up $803,474 in expenses for its D1 Men’s Soccer team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $1,619 in profit. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 960.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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The excellent sports programs at Princeton University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Soccer athletes in New Jersey. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Princeton, New Jersey, and it awarded 1,175 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Speaking financially, the D1 Men’s Soccer team at Princeton took home $469,061 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 998 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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A rank of #5 on our list means Monmouth University is a great place for D1 Men’s Soccer athletes in New Jersey working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1,204 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Soccer team at Monmouth made $1,095,964 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 951.
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Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Soccer in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #6. This large public school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 8,803 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Soccer team at Rutgers New Brunswick made $1,511,697 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 979, signifying that team members care about their grades.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Sports Report
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Soccer in New Jersey ranking. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Teaneck, New Jersey, and it awarded 734 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The D1 Men’s Soccer team at FDU brought home $884,639 in revenue in a single year. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 967.
Read full sports report on Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
Saint Peter’s University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Soccer in New Jersey ranking. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 550 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Soccer team at Saint Peter’s College made $407,025 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 979 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 8 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.
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