Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Division III Men's Basketball in Tennessee ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for D3 Men's Basketball athletes in Tennessee. 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.
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Top Colleges in Tennessee for D3 Men's Basketball athletes in Tennessee
Our 2023 rankings named Rhodes College the best school for D3 Men’s Basketball athletes in Tennessee working on their bachelor’s degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 538 bachelor’s degrees in .
Rhodes College brought in $299,807 while tallying up $291,659 in expenses for its D3 Men’s Basketball team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $8,148.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Rhodes College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #2 on our list means Sewanee - The University of the South is a great place for D3 Men’s Basketball athletes in Tennessee working on their bachelor’s degree. Sewanee, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 429 students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Basketball team at Sewanee took home $198,600 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Sewanee not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #3 on our overall quality list.
Full Sewanee - The University of the South Sports Report
You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Maryville College. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Maryville College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Maryville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 190 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Basketball team at Maryville College made $178,388 in revenue.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 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%.
