When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division I Women's Basketball in Virginia ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
We analyzed 13 colleges and universities across Virginia to determine which were the best for D1 Women's Basketball athletes in Virginia. 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 Virginia for D1 Women's Basketball athletes in Virginia
Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the best school for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in Virginia in this year’s ranking. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,483 students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at University of Virginia made $5,843,060 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 995 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our overall quality list.
Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Sports Report
The excellent sports programs at James Madison University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in Virginia. Located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, the large public school awarded 4,688 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at JMU made $2,927,407 in revenue. 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 91%. In addition to its great ranking here, JMU is in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full James Madison University Sports Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in Virginia list. William & Mary is a medium-sized public school situated in Williamsburg, Virginia. It awarded 2,030 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at William & Mary took home $1,906,820 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 991, signifying that team members care about their grades.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. William & Mary also took the #4 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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The excellent sports programs at University of Richmond helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in Virginia. URichmond is a private not-for-profit institution located in University of Richmond, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 924 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at URichmond took home $2,734,507 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 977 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. URichmond did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Women’s Basketball athletes in Virginia. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, the large public school handed out 7,289 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at Virginia Tech made $1,176,953 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 947.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Virginia Tech also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5.
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Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,197 students in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at VCU took home $3,937,554 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 982 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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George Mason University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia ranking. GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 6,285 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at GMU took home $2,895,388 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 982 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
On top of its placing in this ranking, GMU 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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With a ranking of #8, Old Dominion University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia ranking. Old Dominion is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3,756 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at Old Dominion made $2,742,433 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 975.
Full Old Dominion University Sports Report
Radford University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia ranking. Radford, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,626 students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at Radford made $1,223,255 in revenue. Sports aren’t the only thing that the team excels at - they had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
Full Radford University Sports Report
With a ranking of #10, Hampton University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia ranking. Hampton University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Hampton, Virginia that handed out 674 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Women’s Basketball team at Hampton made $1,198,987 in revenue, while incurring $1,129,651 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $69,336, which isn’t bad at all. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 961.
Full Hampton University Sports Report
Liberty University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia ranking. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 10,025 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D1 Women’s Basketball team at Liberty University brought home $2,607,970 in revenue in a single year. The team has a great academic progress rate of 977, signifying that team members care about their grades.
Full Liberty University Sports Report
Longwood University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia list. Located in Farmville, Virginia, the small public school awarded 881 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at Longwood made $1,348,524 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 978 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Full Longwood University Sports Report
Norfolk State University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Basketball in Virginia list. Norfolk State is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 696 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Basketball team at Norfolk State took home $1,330,534 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 943.
Full Norfolk State University Sports Report
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 13 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%.
