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2023 Top Utah Men's D1 Football Schools

When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division I Men's Football in Utah ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Utah to determine which were the best for D1 Men's Football athletes in Utah. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the athletic competitiveness of the school. Thus, in order to rank well, the school must offer a quality education in addition to having a great sports team.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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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 Utah for D1 Men's Football athletes in Utah

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Southern Utah University
Cedar City, Utah

#6 in Quality in Utah

$5,547,041 Team Revenue

953 Academic Progress Rate

Southern Utah University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Utah. This fairly large public school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 1,540 bachelor’s degrees in . The FCS Men’s Football team at Southern Utah University made $5,547,041 in revenue, while incurring $3,971,531 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $1,575,510. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 953. Read More…

2

Weber State University
Ogden, Utah

#9 in Quality in Utah

$4,229,506 Team Revenue

957 Academic Progress Rate

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Located in Ogden, Utah, the large public school awarded 2,639 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in . On the financial side of things, the FCS Men’s Football team at WSU made $4,229,506 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 957. Read full sports report on Weber State University

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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.