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2023 Top Plains States Region Women's D1 Field Hockey Schools

When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Division I Women's Field Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in the Plains States Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Women's Field Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region. 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 the Plains States Region for D1 Women's Field Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#15 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$144,066 Team Revenue

978 Academic Progress Rate

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the best school for D1 Women’s Field Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 5,533 bachelor’s degrees in . Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Field Hockey team at Iowa took home $144,066 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 978. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, Iowa is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list. Full University of Iowa Sports Report

2

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#9 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$616,520 Team Revenue

986 Academic Progress Rate

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,669 bachelor’s degrees in . Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Field Hockey team at SLU took home $616,520 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 986. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, SLU is in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list. Read More…

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 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.