It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. 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 Men's Wrestling in the Southeast Region ranking is part of that endeavor.
We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across the Southeast Region to determine which were the best for Men's Wrestling athletes in the Southeast Region. 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.
Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.
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Top Colleges in the Southeast Region for Men's Wrestling athletes in the Southeast Region
Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best school for Men’s Wrestling athletes in the Southeast Region in this year’s ranking. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 7,289 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Wrestling team at Virginia Tech made $132,355 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 965.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Newberry College. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Newberry College is located in Newberry, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 271 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The Men’s Wrestling team at Newberry College made $450,150 in revenue, while incurring $447,035 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $3,115 for the sports team.
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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%.
