It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. 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 Women's Field Hockey in Maine ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
After analyzing 8 schools in Maine, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D3 Women's Field Hockey athletes in Maine. 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 Maine for D3 Women's Field Hockey athletes in Maine
Our analysis found Bowdoin College to be the best school for D3 Women’s Field Hockey athletes in Maine in this year’s ranking. Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 631 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D3 Women’s Field Hockey team at Bowdoin made $290,227 in revenue, while incurring $256,441 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $33,786, which isn’t bad at all.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Bowdoin also made our overall quality list, coming in at #1.
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A rank of #2 on our list means Bates College is a great place for D3 Women’s Field Hockey athletes in Maine working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Lewiston, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 601 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D3 Women’s Field Hockey team at Bates made $195,357 in revenue, while incurring $190,699 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $4,658 for the sports team.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Bates also made our overall quality list, coming in at #3.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Located in Biddeford, Maine, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 556 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Women’s Field Hockey team at UNE made $134,448 in revenue, while incurring $127,702 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $6,746 for the sports team.
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Out of the 8 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Waterville, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 734 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Field Hockey team at Colby took home $270,836 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. Colby did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #5 on our list means University of Maine at Farmington is a great place for D3 Women’s Field Hockey athletes in Maine working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Farmington, Maine, the small public school awarded 308 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D3 Women’s Field Hockey team at UMaine Farmington brought home $87,481 in revenue in a single year.
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With a ranking of #6, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Field Hockey in Maine ranking. Saint Joseph’s Maine is located in Standish, Maine and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 271 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Field Hockey team at Saint Joseph’s Maine made $69,495 in revenue.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Southern Maine did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Field Hockey in Maine ranking. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In , this school awarded 1,131 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The team at University of Southern Maine took home $213,677 in revenue and paid out $192,181 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $21,496, which isn’t bad at all.
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Thomas College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Field Hockey in Maine ranking. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waterville, Maine. It awarded 207 bachelor’s degrees in .
Thomas College brought in $114,456 while tallying up $101,720 in expenses for its D3 Women’s Field Hockey team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $12,736.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 8 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%.
