2023 Top New England Region Women's D2 Soccer Schools
13Colleges
$39,924Avg Tuition & Fees*
53%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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After analyzing 13 schools in the New England Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Women's Soccer athletes in the New England 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.
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Top Colleges in the New England Region for D2 Women's Soccer athletes in the New England Region
Our analysis found Stonehill College to be the best school for D2 Women’s Soccer athletes in the New England Region in this year’s ranking. Located in Easton, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 651 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D2 Women’s Soccer team at Stonehill made $240,326 in revenue, while incurring $227,800 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $12,526 for the sports team.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,266 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D2 Women’s Soccer team at Bentley made $269,688 in revenue, while incurring $259,507 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $10,181 in profit.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Bentley 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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The excellent sports programs at Merrimack College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D2 Women’s Soccer athletes in the New England Region. Merrimack College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 1,043 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Soccer team at Merrimack made $731,360 in revenue.
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A rank of #4 on our list means University of Bridgeport is a great place for D2 Women’s Soccer athletes in the New England Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 513 students in .
UBridgeport brought in $521,823 while tallying up $457,493 in expenses for its D2 Women’s Soccer team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $64,330 in profit.
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Out of the 13 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Assumption University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 548 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Assumption took home $428,066 in revenue and paid out $420,178 in expenses in recent times. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $7,888 in profit.
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With a ranking of #6, Saint Anselm College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region ranking. St. Anselm College is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 611 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
St. Anselm College brought in $457,591 while tallying up $393,634 in expenses for its D2 Women’s Soccer team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $63,957 in profit.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Full Saint Anselm College Sports Report
Southern Connecticut State University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,654 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Soccer team at SCSU made $543,993 in revenue.
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University of New Haven did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,101 students in .
The team at University of New Haven took home $407,640 in revenue and paid out $396,453 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $11,187 for the sports team.
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Saint Michael’s College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region list. Colchester, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 466 students in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Soccer team at Saint Michael’s made $474,241 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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American International College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region ranking. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 271 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Soccer team at AIC made $476,268 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #11, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region ranking. Southern New Hampshire University is a large private not-for-profit school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 18,173 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D2 Women’s Soccer team at SNHU took home $519,746 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #12, Franklin Pierce University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 334 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Soccer team at Franklin Pierce made $571,306 in revenue.
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Post University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Women’s Soccer in the New England Region list. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, the fairly large private for-profit school awarded 1,477 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Soccer team at Post University made $345,912 in revenue.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 13 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%.
