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2023 Top Connecticut Women's D2 Basketball Schools

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division II Women's Basketball in Connecticut ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

After analyzing 4 schools in Connecticut, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Women's Basketball athletes in Connecticut. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the athletic competitiveness of the school. Thus, in order to rank well, the school must offer a quality education in addition to having a great sports team.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Connecticut for D2 Women's Basketball athletes in Connecticut

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

#10 in Quality in Connecticut

$855,732 Team Revenue

$44,184 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Haven the best school for D2 Women’s Basketball athletes in Connecticut working on their bachelor’s degree. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 1,101 bachelor’s degrees in . University of New Haven brought in $855,732 while tallying up $853,818 in expenses for its D2 Women’s Basketball team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $1,914 for the sports team. Full University of New Haven Sports Report

2

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut

#17 in Quality in Connecticut

$409,031 Team Revenue

$35,760 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 513 students in . The team at UBridgeport took home $409,031 in revenue and paid out $389,239 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $19,792, which isn’t bad at all. Read full sports report on University of Bridgeport

3

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut

#14 in Quality in Connecticut

$736,753 Team Revenue

$25,302 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D2 Women’s Basketball athletes in Connecticut list. This medium-sized public school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 1,654 bachelor’s degrees in . The D2 Women’s Basketball team at SCSU brought home $736,753 in revenue in a single year. Full Southern Connecticut State University Sports Report

4

Post University
Waterbury, Connecticut

#19 in Quality in Connecticut

$365,909 Team Revenue

$15,529 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Post University is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In , this school awarded 1,477 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates. The D2 Women’s Basketball team at Post University brought home $365,909 in revenue in a single year. Read full sports report on Post University

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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.
• Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.