2023 Top New England Region Men's D1 Football Schools
11Colleges
$48,389Avg Tuition & Fees*
69%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division I Men's Football in the New England Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for D1 Men's Football athletes in the New England 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 New England Region for D1 Men's Football athletes in the New England Region
Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best school for D1 Men’s Football athletes in the New England Region in this year’s ranking. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 1,865 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the FCS Men’s Football team at Harvard made $3,626,315 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 982.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Harvard not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #1 on our overall quality list.
Full Harvard University Sports Report
Out of the 11 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 3,145 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at UNH took home $4,720,120 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 970.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Sports Report
You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend College of the Holy Cross. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 939 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the FCS Men’s Football team at Holy Cross made $7,147,408 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 987 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 96%. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Holy Cross also is in the top 10% of our overall quality ranking.
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The excellent sports programs at Dartmouth College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Football athletes in the New England Region. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Hanover, New Hampshire, and it awarded 1,279 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at Dartmouth took home $3,820,704 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 992 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Dartmouth also is in the top 5% of our overall quality ranking.
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The excellent sports programs at Bryant University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Football athletes in the New England Region. Located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 835 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The FCS Men’s Football team at Bryant brought home $5,497,771 in revenue in a single year. The team has a great academic progress rate of 985, signifying that team members care about their grades.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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Brown University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Football in the New England Region list. Brown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,192 bachelor’s degrees in .
The FCS Men’s Football team at Brown brought home $3,938,908 in revenue in a single year. The team has a great academic progress rate of 994, signifying that team members care about their grades.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Football in the New England Region ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Brown is ranked #5 for overall quality in the New England Region .
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Sacred Heart University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Football in the New England Region ranking. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 1,475 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at Sacred Heart took home $4,285,350 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 954.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Maine landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Football in the New England Region ranking. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,047 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at UMaine took home $4,484,610 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 952.
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Yale University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Football in the New England Region ranking. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 1,695 bachelor’s degrees in .
The FCS Men’s Football team at Yale brought home $8,183,650 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 992 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Yale also took the #4 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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University of Rhode Island ranked #10 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Football in the New England Region list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,532 students in .
The FCS Men’s Football team at URI made $5,054,625 in revenue, while incurring $4,612,848 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $441,777 for the sports team. The great academic progress rate of 976 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Full University of Rhode Island Sports Report
Central Connecticut State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Football in the New England Region ranking. CCSU is a public institution located in New Britain, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,676 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at CCSU took home $2,944,553 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 960.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 11 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%.
