When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. 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 (FBS) Men's Football in Indiana ranking is part of that endeavor.
After analyzing 4 schools in Indiana, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 (FBS) Men's Football athletes in Indiana. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, the school's athletic competitiveness, and the amount of athletic aid per student - to make this determination. Having a great sports team is not enough - the school must also focus on academic excellence.
Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.
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Top Colleges in Indiana for D1 (FBS) Men's Football athletes in Indiana
University of Notre Dame tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 (FBS) Men’s Football athletes in Indiana. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,829 students in .
The team at Notre Dame took home $136,688,613 in revenue and paid out $59,485,697 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $77,202,916, which isn’t bad at all. The academic progress rate of the team is 970.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 (FBS) Men’s Football athletes in Indiana. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large public school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 7,504 bachelor’s degrees in .
IU Bloomington brought in $59,883,653 while tallying up $31,678,333 in expenses for its FBS Men’s Football team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $28,205,320. The academic progress rate of the team is 969.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. IU Bloomington also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5.
Full Indiana University - Bloomington Sports Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 (FBS) Men’s Football athletes in Indiana list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 8,676 bachelor’s degrees in .
Purdue brought in $62,465,667 while tallying up $24,857,827 in expenses for its FBS Men’s Football team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $37,607,840 for the sports team.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division I (FBS) Men’s Football in Indiana ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Purdue is ranked #4 for overall quality in Indiana.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 (FBS) Men’s Football athletes in Indiana list. This fairly large public school is located in Muncie, Indiana, and it awarded 3,343 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the FBS Men’s Football team at Ball State made $7,742,783 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 969.
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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.
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%.
