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Top Colleges in the U.S. for D2 Men's Basketball athletes
University of California - San Diego tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Men’s Basketball athletes. Located in La Jolla, California, the large public school handed out 9,422 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at UCSD brought home $2,437,331 in revenue in a single year.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. UCSD also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 274 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellarmine University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 660 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at Bellarmine U brought home $2,096,821 in revenue in a single year.
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A rank of #3 on our list means Rollins College is a great place for D2 Men’s Basketball athletes working on their bachelor’s degree. Rollins is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winter Park, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 666 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at Rollins brought home $980,916 in revenue in a single year.
Rollins also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 274 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #4 spot on the list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 569 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Basketball team at Augustana Sioux Falls made $1,545,047 in revenue.
Augustana Sioux Falls excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Le Moyne College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D2 Men’s Basketball athletes. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 721 students in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at LeMoyne made $831,326 in revenue, while incurring $790,048 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $41,278.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, LeMoyne also is in the top 20% of our overall quality ranking.
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Western Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. WWU is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3,467 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Basketball team at WWU took home $713,228 in revenue.
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Saint Anselm College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. St. Anselm College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. It awarded 611 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at St. Anselm College made $1,108,806 in revenue, while incurring $947,319 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $161,487 for the sports team.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. St. Anselm College also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Eckerd College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball list. Eckerd is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 540 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Basketball team at Eckerd took home $755,226 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Eckerd also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Queens University of Charlotte came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 391 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at Queens brought home $1,114,914 in revenue in a single year.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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The University of Findlay did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking, coming in at #10. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Findlay, Ohio, and it awarded 478 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Findlay took home $774,771 in revenue and paid out $763,651 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $11,120.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Molloy College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball list. Molloy is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rockville Centre, New York. It awarded 910 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Molloy took home $329,106 in revenue and paid out $316,034 in expenses in recent times. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $13,072 in profit.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Molloy also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Bentley University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,266 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The team at Bentley took home $1,169,987 in revenue and paid out $1,129,632 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $40,355.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. On top of its placing in this ranking, Bentley also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Northwest Missouri State University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking, coming in at #13. Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In , this school awarded 1,208 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at Northwest brought home $1,059,129 in revenue in a single year.
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California Baptist University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. Located in Riverside, California, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1,963 bachelor’s degrees in .
Cal Baptist brought in $3,967,301 while tallying up $3,596,888 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Basketball team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $370,413 for the sports team. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 960.
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University of Alabama in Huntsville ranked #15 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball list. This medium-sized public school is located in Huntsville, Alabama, and it awarded 1,685 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at UAH brought home $643,494 in revenue in a single year.
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Stonehill College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. Stonehill is located in Easton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 651 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The team at Stonehill took home $953,763 in revenue and paid out $937,194 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $16,569, which isn’t bad at all.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. On top of its placing in this ranking, Stonehill also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #17, Truman State University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. Truman State is a small public school situated in Kirksville, Missouri. It awarded 965 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Basketball team at Truman State took home $566,904 in revenue.
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Regis University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 756 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at Regis U brought home $750,740 in revenue in a single year.
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Michigan Technological University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. Located in Houghton, Michigan, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,198 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Michigan Tech took home $855,099 in revenue and paid out $854,889 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $210, which isn’t bad at all.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Michigan Tech also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Full Michigan Technological University Sports Report
Adelphi University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball list. Located in Garden City, New York, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1,267 bachelor’s degrees in .
Adelphi brought in $652,518 while tallying up $500,979 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Basketball team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $151,539.
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Ferris State University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking, coming in at #21. Ferris is a fairly large public school situated in Big Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 1,912 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at Ferris brought home $660,305 in revenue in a single year.
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The College of Saint Rose landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. Saint Rose is a private not-for-profit institution located in Albany, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 474 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Basketball team at Saint Rose made $452,933 in revenue, while incurring $442,822 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $10,111.
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Gannon University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball list. Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 648 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Gannon brought in $832,018 while tallying up $778,732 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Basketball team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $53,286 for the sports team.
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Lincoln Memorial University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking. LMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Harrogate, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 330 bachelor’s degrees in .
LMU brought in $891,314 while tallying up $890,622 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Basketball team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $692 in profit.
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Merrimack College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division II Men’s Basketball ranking, coming in at #25. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,043 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Basketball team at Merrimack made $1,658,273 in revenue.
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Rest of the Top 15% Best Colleges for D2 Men's Basketball athletes
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 25 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%.
Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Division II Men's Basketball ranking - to help you make that decision.
