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 Division I Men's Basketball in Colorado ranking is part of that endeavor.
Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for D1 Men's Basketball athletes in Colorado. 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 Colorado for D1 Men's Basketball athletes in Colorado
Our 2023 rankings named University of Denver the best school for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Colorado working on their bachelor’s degree. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 1,587 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Men’s Basketball team at DU brought home $2,531,021 in revenue in a single year. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 975.
DU also took the #3 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, the large public school handed out 5,383 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Basketball team at Colorado State made $5,249,134 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Colorado State also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5.
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The excellent sports programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Basketball athletes in Colorado. CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 7,273 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D1 Men’s Basketball team at CU - Boulder made $9,449,463 in revenue, while incurring $7,945,016 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $1,504,447 in profit. The academic progress rate of the team is 961.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. CU - Boulder also made our overall quality list, coming in at #4.
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Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,857 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Men’s Basketball team at University of Northern Colorado made $1,909,903 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 954.
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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%.
