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2023 Top Rhode Island Women's D3 Softball Schools

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 III Women's Softball in Rhode Island ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for D3 Women's Softball athletes in Rhode Island. 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.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Rhode Island for D3 Women's Softball athletes in Rhode Island

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Salve Regina University
Newport, Rhode Island

#6 in Quality in Rhode Island

$123,526 Team Revenue

$46,000 Avg Tuition & Fees

Salve Regina University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D3 Women’s Softball athletes in Rhode Island. Located in Newport, Rhode Island, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 518 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in . The D3 Women’s Softball team at Salve Regina made $123,526 in revenue, while incurring $102,862 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $20,664 for the sports team. Read full sports report on Salve Regina University

2

Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island

#5 in Quality in Rhode Island

$155,984 Team Revenue

$41,398 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 889 bachelor’s degrees in . The D3 Women’s Softball team at RWU made $155,984 in revenue, while incurring $147,600 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $8,384 for the sports team. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in Rhode Island ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, RWU is ranked #5 for overall quality in Rhode Island. Read More…

3

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, Rhode Island

#8 in Quality in Rhode Island

$205,836 Team Revenue

$38,096 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 958 students in . Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Softball team at JWU Providence took home $205,836 in revenue. Full Johnson & Wales University - Providence Sports Report

4

Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island

#9 in Quality in Rhode Island

$272,525 Team Revenue

$26,499 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,296 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in . The D3 Women’s Softball team at RIC brought home $272,525 in revenue in a single year. Read More…

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Notes and References

Footnotes

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