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2023 Top Massachusetts Men's D1 (FBS) Football Schools

2 Colleges
$51,174 Avg Tuition & Fees*
82% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Division I (FBS) Men's Football in Massachusetts ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for D1 (FBS) Men's Football athletes in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts for D1 (FBS) Men's Football athletes in Massachusetts

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1
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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Our analysis found Boston College to be the best school for D1 (FBS) Men’s Football athletes in Massachusetts in this year’s ranking. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It awarded 3,062 bachelor’s degrees in . Boston College brought in $38,009,926 while tallying up $28,364,617 in expenses for its FBS Men’s Football team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $9,645,309 in profit. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 989. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Boston College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list. Read full sports report on Boston College

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 6,819 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates. Speaking financially, the FBS Men’s Football team at UMass Amherst took home $10,714,989 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 938. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. Read More…

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

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