by our College Data Analytics TeamStudent 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 III Women's Basketball in Oregon ranking - to help you make that decision.
Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for D3 Women's Basketball athletes in Oregon. 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.
We've developed a number of other tools and rankings to help you make your college decision. Start by filtering this list by location and then explore our other rankings that feature schools great for different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.
See which schools came out on top of our ranking:
George Fox University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D3 Women’s Basketball athletes in Oregon. Located in Newberg, Oregon, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 736 bachelor’s degrees in . The team at GFU took home $306,790 in revenue and paid out $288,642 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $18,148 for the sports team. Read full sports report on George Fox University
The excellent sports programs at Lewis & Clark College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Women’s Basketball athletes in Oregon. Located in Portland, Oregon, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 460 bachelor’s degrees in . Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Basketball team at Lewis and Clark College took home $161,760 in revenue. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Lewis and Clark College also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5. Read full sports report on Lewis & Clark College
Out of the 5 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Willamette University landed the #3 spot on the list. Willamette is located in Salem, Oregon and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 393 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates. Willamette brought in $215,592 while tallying up $209,492 in expenses for its D3 Women’s Basketball team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $6,100. Willamette also took the #3 spot in our overall quality rankings. Full Willamette University Sports Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Linfield University - McMinnville Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Women’s Basketball athletes in Oregon list. McMinnville, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 503 students in . The team at Linfield took home $313,129 in revenue and paid out $288,556 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $24,573, which isn’t bad at all. Read More…
The excellent sports programs at Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Women’s Basketball athletes in Oregon. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Forest Grove, Oregon. It awarded 488 bachelor’s degrees in . Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Basketball team at Pacific took home $263,351 in revenue. Full Pacific University Sports Report
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Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 5 schools only.
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