Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Women's Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 43 colleges and universities across Massachusetts to determine which were the best for Women's Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts for Women's Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts
Our analysis found Northeastern University to be the best school for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts in this year’s ranking. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 4,498 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Northeastern took home $1,368,461 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 996 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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A rank of #2 on our list means Boston College is a great place for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts working on their bachelor’s degree. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3,062 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Boston College took home $1,621,244 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 995.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Boston College also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent sports programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,361 students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at MIT took home $109,446 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts list. Tufts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,915 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Tufts brought home $173,062 in revenue in a single year.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. On top of its placing in this ranking, Tufts also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Full Tufts University Sports Report
A rank of #5 on our list means College of the Holy Cross is a great place for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts working on their bachelor’s degree. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 939 students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Holy Cross made $773,784 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 989, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Holy Cross also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Full College of the Holy Cross Sports Report
Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,333 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at WPI made $152,632 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. WPI 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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Amherst College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 759 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Amherst made $222,476 in revenue.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Amherst also made our overall quality list, coming in at #4.
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Harvard University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,865 students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Harvard took home $362,211 in revenue. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Harvard not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #1 on our overall quality list.
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Clark University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 657 students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Clark made $84,386 in revenue.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Springfield College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 522 students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Springfield College made $206,038 in revenue.
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Williams College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts list. Williams College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Williamstown, Massachusetts that handed out 737 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Williams brought home $134,575 in revenue in a single year.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Williams is ranked #3 for overall quality in Massachusetts.
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With a ranking of #12, Babson College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Babson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 564 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Babson College brought home $149,513 in revenue in a single year.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Babson College also is in the top 20% of our overall quality ranking.
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Emerson College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 947 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Emerson took home $92,778 in revenue and paid out $92,207 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $571, which isn’t bad at all.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2,853 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at UMass Boston took home $130,836 in revenue.
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Western New England University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking, coming in at #15. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 593 students in .
The team at Western New England took home $218,814 in revenue and paid out $206,246 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $12,568.
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Stonehill College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Stonehill is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Easton, Massachusetts. It awarded 651 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Stonehill made $172,085 in revenue, while incurring $170,963 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $1,122, which isn’t bad at all.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Bentley University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,266 students in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Bentley made $404,124 in revenue, while incurring $392,514 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $11,610, which isn’t bad at all.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. Bentley 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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Endicott College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Endicott is located in Beverly, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 685 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Endicott took home $113,297 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full Endicott College Sports Report
University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. UMass Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,884 bachelor’s degrees in .
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Wheaton College Massachusetts landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Located in Norton, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 493 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Wheaton College Massachusetts took home $115,006 in revenue.
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Gordon College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking, coming in at #21. Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wenham, Massachusetts. It awarded 398 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Gordon College made $101,796 in revenue.
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American International College ranked #22 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 271 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at AIC brought home $691,504 in revenue in a single year.
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Brandeis University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,355 students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Brandeis made $164,334 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Framingham State University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking, coming in at #24. Framingham, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 763 students in .
Framingham State brought in $106,094 while tallying up $98,900 in expenses for its Women’s Volleyball team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $7,194 in profit.
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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking. Located in North Adams, Massachusetts, the small public school handed out 282 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at MCLA brought home $56,075 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.
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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%.
