When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Women's Tennis in the Southwest Region ranking - to help you make that decision.
We analyzed 5 colleges and universities across the Southwest Region to determine which were the best for Women's Tennis athletes in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region for Women's Tennis athletes in the Southwest Region
Baylor University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Women’s Tennis athletes in the Southwest Region. Located in Waco, Texas, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 3,698 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Tennis team at Baylor took home $1,529,776 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 985, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. On top of its placing in this ranking, Baylor also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent sports programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Tennis athletes in the Southwest Region. This large public school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 13,536 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Tennis team at Texas A&M College Station made $437,166 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 986.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Texas A&M College Station also made our overall quality list, coming in at #4.
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A rank of #3 on our list means Texas Tech University is a great place for Women’s Tennis athletes in the Southwest Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Lubbock, Texas, the large public school awarded 6,886 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Tennis team at Texas Tech made $160,860 in revenue. Sports aren’t the only thing that the team excels at - they had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. This large public school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 10,374 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Tennis team at UT Austin took home $373,659 in revenue. With a perfect academic progress rate of 1000, the team is showing that they know how to hit the books, too.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #2 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Tennis athletes in the Southwest Region list. Dallas Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 618 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Tennis team at DBU made $334,899 in revenue.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 5 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%.
