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2023 Top District of Columbia Men's D1 Football Schools

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Division I Men's Football in District of Columbia ranking.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for D1 Men's Football athletes in District of Columbia. 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.

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Top Colleges in District of Columbia for D1 Men's Football athletes in District of Columbia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in Quality in District of Columbia

$2,794,493 Team Revenue

982 Academic Progress Rate

Our 2023 rankings named Georgetown University the best school for D1 Men’s Football athletes in District of Columbia working on their bachelor’s degree. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,223 students in . Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at Georgetown took home $2,794,493 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 982 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. Georgetown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list. Read More…

2

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 in Quality in District of Columbia

$1,993,305 Team Revenue

915 Academic Progress Rate

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Men’s Football athletes in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,292 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in . Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at Howard took home $1,993,305 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 915. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Howard not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #5 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.