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2023 Top Plains States Region Men's D2 Wrestling Schools

With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Division II Men's Wrestling in the Plains States Region ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for D2 Men's Wrestling 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.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in the Plains States Region for D2 Men's Wrestling athletes in the Plains States Region

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Newman University
Wichita, Kansas

$236,023 Team Revenue

$34,400 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Newman University to be the best school for D2 Men’s Wrestling athletes in the Plains States Region in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 259 bachelor’s degrees in . The D2 Men’s Wrestling team at Newman University brought home $236,023 in revenue in a single year. Read More…

2

Upper Iowa University
Fayette, Iowa

$599,480 Team Revenue

$33,639 Avg Tuition & Fees

The excellent sports programs at Upper Iowa University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D2 Men’s Wrestling athletes in the Plains States Region. Located in Fayette, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 1,004 bachelor’s degrees in . UIU brought in $599,480 while tallying up $574,446 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Wrestling team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $25,034. Full Upper Iowa University Sports Report

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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.
• 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.