When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. 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 I Men's Basketball in Wisconsin ranking is part of that endeavor.
Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for D1 Men's Basketball athletes in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin for D1 Men's Basketball athletes in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin - Madison tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Wisconsin. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, the large public school awarded 9,741 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D1 Men’s Basketball team at UW - Madison made $15,279,071 in revenue, while incurring $8,828,295 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $6,450,776. The team has a great academic progress rate of 990, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2,470 bachelor’s degrees in .
Marquette brought in $23,422,126 while tallying up $15,787,885 in expenses for its D1 Men’s Basketball team. Thus, the team actually made $7,634,241, which isn’t bad at all. The academic progress rate of the team is 968.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. Marquette did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 4 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #3 spot on the list. UW - Green Bay is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In , this school awarded 1,371 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D1 Men’s Basketball team at UW - Green Bay brought home $1,777,355 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 985 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Full University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Sports Report
A rank of #4 on our list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great place for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Wisconsin working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large public school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 3,936 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Men’s Basketball team at UWM brought home $5,712,259 in revenue in a single year. The team has a great academic progress rate of 983, signifying that team members care about their grades.
Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Sports Report
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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%.
