When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 III Men's Baseball in Washington ranking is part of that endeavor.
We analyzed 4 colleges and universities across Washington to determine which were the best for D3 Men's Baseball athletes in Washington. 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.
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 Washington for D3 Men's Baseball athletes in Washington
Our 2023 rankings named Pacific Lutheran University the best school for D3 Men’s Baseball athletes in Washington working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Tacoma, Washington, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 616 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at PLU took home $349,908 in revenue and paid out $281,161 in expenses in recent times. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $68,747 in profit.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Whitworth University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Spokane, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 643 students in .
The D3 Men’s Baseball team at Whitworth brought home $195,388 in revenue in a single year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitman College landed the #3 spot on the list. Whitman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Walla Walla, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 389 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Men’s Baseball team at Whitman made $303,194 in revenue, while incurring $299,599 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $3,595.
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. Whitman did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Puget Sound landed the #4 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Tacoma, Washington, and it awarded 534 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Baseball team at Puget Sound took home $196,281 in revenue.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Puget Sound also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 4 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%.