2023 Top Plains States Region Men's D1 Swimming Schools
2Colleges
$33,535Avg Tuition & Fees*
59%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Division I Men's Swimming in the Plains States Region ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across the Plains States Region to determine which were the best for D1 Men's Swimming athletes in the Plains States Region. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the athletic competitiveness of the school. Thus, in order to rank well, the school must offer a quality education in addition to having a great sports team.
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Top Colleges in the Plains States Region for D1 Men's Swimming athletes in the Plains States Region
Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best school for D1 Men’s Swimming athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 5,092 bachelor’s degrees in .
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. In addition to its great ranking here, Mizzou is in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #2 on our list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for D1 Men’s Swimming athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 8,508 bachelor’s degrees in .
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. On top of its placing in this ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 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%.
