2021 Top Men's D2 Soccer Schools
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Our analysis looked at 183 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for D2 Men's Soccer athletes. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.
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Top Colleges in the U.S. for D2 Men's Soccer athletes
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Adelphi University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Men’s Soccer athletes. Located in Garden City, New York, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,262 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2018-2019.
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Adelphi took home $544,864 in revenue.
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A rank of #2 on our list means University of California - San Diego is a great place for D2 Men’s Soccer athletes working on their bachelor’s degree. UCSD is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8,037 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at UCSD made $701,364 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. UCSD also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 183 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. St. Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 1,015 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
The team at St. Edward’s University took home $696,198 in revenue and paid out $678,445 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $17,753 for the sports team.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Rockhurst University. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Rockhurst University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 463 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Rockhurst took home $513,425 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rollins College. It ranked #5 on our 2021 Best Colleges for D2 Men’s Soccer athletes list. Rollins is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winter Park, Florida. It awarded 664 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Rollins took home $577,223 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Rollins also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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LIU Post landed the #6 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. Located in Brookville, New York, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,739 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2018-2019.
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at LIU Post took home $1,386,179 in revenue.
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Molloy College landed the #7 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Rockville Centre, New York, and it awarded 811 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
The team at Molloy took home $294,235 in revenue and paid out $289,517 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $4,718 for the sports team.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. Molloy also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Regis University did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Denver, Colorado, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 952 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2018-2019.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at Regis U brought home $501,145 in revenue in a single year.
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Le Moyne College did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Syracuse, New York, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 798 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at LeMoyne made $529,774 in revenue, while incurring $522,906 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $6,868, which isn’t bad at all.
On top of its placing in this ranking, LeMoyne 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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Merrimack College landed the #10 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in North Andover, Massachusetts, and it awarded 825 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at Merrimack brought home $536,092 in revenue in a single year.
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Lynn University landed the #11 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. Lynn University Fighting Knights is located in Boca Raton, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2018-2019, this school awarded 449 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at Lynn University Fighting Knights brought home $537,150 in revenue in a single year.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Rolla, Missouri, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,388 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Missouri University of Science and Technology took home $298,819 in revenue.
Missouri University of Science and Technology excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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With a ranking of #13, Mercyhurst University did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 526 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Mercyhurst made $591,929 in revenue.
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Harding University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer list. Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2018-2019, this school awarded 888 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at Harding brought home $286,084 in revenue in a single year.
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With a ranking of #15, Eckerd College did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. Located in Saint Petersburg, Florida, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 507 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Eckerd took home $558,748 in revenue.
Eckerd also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #16, Florida Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. Located in Melbourne, Florida, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 787 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
The team at Florida Tech took home $658,058 in revenue and paid out $622,909 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $35,149, which isn’t bad at all.
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Gannon University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. Gannon University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Erie, Pennsylvania that handed out 566 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at Gannon made $445,255 in revenue, while incurring $444,455 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $800 in profit.
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With a ranking of #18, New York Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. Old Westbury, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 832 students in 2018-2019.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at NYIT made $592,189 in revenue, while incurring $581,842 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $10,347 in profit.
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With a ranking of #19, Western Washington University did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. WWU is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3,785 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at WWU made $535,904 in revenue.
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Seattle Pacific University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2018-2019, this school awarded 723 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D2 Men’s Soccer team at SPU made $800,788 in revenue, while incurring $775,459 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $25,329 in profit.
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With a ranking of #21, Wingate University did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Wingate, North Carolina, and it awarded 517 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
The team at Wingate took home $514,909 in revenue and paid out $499,130 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $15,779 for the sports team.
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Cedarville University did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Cedarville, Ohio, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 759 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Cedarville made $299,787 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Cedarville 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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Drury University did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking, coming in at #23. Located in Springfield, Missouri, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 347 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Soccer team at Drury University took home $496,815 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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California Baptist University landed the #24 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. Located in Riverside, California, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1,670 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
Cal Baptist brought in $959,425 while tallying up $938,112 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Soccer team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $21,313 for the sports team. Sports aren’t the only thing that the team excels at - they had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
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With a ranking of #25, West Chester University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking. WCUPA is a fairly large public school situated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3,698 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.
WCUPA brought in $261,355 while tallying up $225,104 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Soccer team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $36,251 for the sports team.
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Not only did these schools make the top 28 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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These schools also performed well in our Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Soccer ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | University of Montevallo | Montevallo, AL |
| 30 | Stonehill College | Easton, MA |
| 31 | Sonoma State University | Rohnert Park, CA |
| 32 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | West Palm Beach, FL |
| 33 | Florida Southern College | Lakeland, FL |
| 34 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO |
| 35 | Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY |
| 36 | Pfeiffer University | Misenheimer, NC |
| 37 | Northwest Nazarene University | Nampa, ID |
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 25 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%.
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