2023 Top Plains States Region Men's D3 Soccer Schools
32Colleges
$43,051Avg Tuition & Fees*
63%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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Division III Men's Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking is part of that endeavor.
Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for D3 Men's Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, the school's athletic competitiveness, and the amount of athletic aid per student - to make this determination. Having a great sports team is not enough - the school must also focus on academic excellence.
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Top Colleges in the Plains States Region for D3 Men's Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region
Our 2023 rankings named University of St Thomas Minnesota the best school for D3 Men’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. University of St Thomas Minnesota is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 1,722 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at UST MN took home $475,009 in revenue.
In addition to its great ranking here, UST MN is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #2 on our list means Macalester College is a great place for D3 Men’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 711 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Macalester took home $262,143 in revenue and paid out $232,150 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $29,993, which isn’t bad at all.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Macalester is ranked #4 for overall quality in the Plains States Region .
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The excellent sports programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Men’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2,428 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
WUSTL brought in $400,558 while tallying up $315,286 in expenses for its D3 Men’s Soccer team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $85,272.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WUSTL is ranked #1 for overall quality in the Plains States Region .
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A rank of #4 on our list means Luther College is a great place for D3 Men’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Luther is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Decorah, Iowa. It awarded 499 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Luther took home $191,416 in revenue and paid out $178,584 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $12,832.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Luther also is in the top 10% of our overall quality ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carleton College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Men’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region list. Carleton College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Northfield, Minnesota that handed out 555 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Carleton took home $149,825 in revenue.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Carleton not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #2 on our overall quality list.
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Grinnell College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Grinnell, Iowa, and it awarded 558 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at Grinnell brought home $133,338 in revenue in a single year.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Grinnell not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #5 on our overall quality list.
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With a ranking of #7, Central College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Pella, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 259 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at Central brought home $104,930 in revenue in a single year.
Central 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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St Olaf College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region list. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 969 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
St. Olaf brought in $227,975 while tallying up $140,596 in expenses for its D3 Men’s Soccer team. Thus, the team actually made $87,379, which isn’t bad at all.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, St. Olaf also is in the top 5% of our overall quality ranking.
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Loras College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Loras is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dubuque, Iowa. It awarded 362 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at Loras brought home $225,692 in revenue in a single year.
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The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. The College of Saint Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 761 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at St. Scholastica made $377,039 in revenue, while incurring $242,209 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $134,830 in profit.
On top of its placing in this ranking, St. Scholastica 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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With a ranking of #11, Cornell College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 279 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at Cornell College made $117,915 in revenue, while incurring $98,417 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $19,498.
Cornell College 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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Gustavus Adolphus College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Saint Peter, Minnesota, and it awarded 682 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Gustavus Adolphus made $168,269 in revenue.
Gustavus Adolphus excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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With a ranking of #13, Simpson College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 388 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Simpson College took home $85,469 in revenue.
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Bethel University Minnesota came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 737 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Bethel University Minnesota took home $91,373 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Bethel University Minnesota also is in the top 15% of our overall quality ranking.
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Wartburg College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Waverly, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 398 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Wartburg made $170,325 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #16, Westminster College Missouri did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Westminster Fulton is located in Fulton, Missouri and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 152 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at Westminster Fulton made $112,195 in revenue, while incurring $95,598 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $16,597, which isn’t bad at all.
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Martin Luther College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. New Ulm, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 173 students in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at MLC made $50,814 in revenue.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, MLC also is in the top 20% of our overall quality ranking.
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Hamline University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 494 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Hamline took home $100,052 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #19, Concordia College at Moorhead did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 453 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Concordia College Moorhead made $107,095 in revenue.
Concordia College Moorhead excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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North Central University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 199 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at North Central University made $87,915 in revenue.
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Nebraska Wesleyan University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. NWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 467 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at NWU made $76,925 in revenue, while incurring $70,023 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $6,902 in profit.
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Augsburg University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 572 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D3 Men’s Soccer team at Augsburg brought home $134,538 in revenue in a single year.
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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #23. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Winona, Minnesota, and it awarded 424 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at SMU MN took home $117,849 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #24, University of Northwestern - St Paul did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 707 students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Soccer team at Northwestern took home $68,009 in revenue.
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Webster University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Webster University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 689 bachelor’s degrees in .
Webster brought in $171,837 while tallying up $148,405 in expenses for its D3 Men’s Soccer team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $23,432 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 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.
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%.
