When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 III Men's Football in California ranking is part of that endeavor.
We analyzed 6 colleges and universities across California to determine which were the best for D3 Men's Football athletes in California. 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.
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 California for D3 Men's Football athletes in California
Our analysis found Pomona College to be the best school for D3 Men’s Football athletes in California in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Claremont, California, and it awarded 418 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Pomona took home $512,411 in revenue and paid out $448,437 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $63,974 for the sports team.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Pomona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Occidental College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Men’s Football athletes in California list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 555 bachelor’s degrees in .
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Oxy also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Read full sports report on Occidental College
A rank of #3 on our list means Chapman University is a great place for D3 Men’s Football athletes in California working on their bachelor’s degree. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Orange, California, and it awarded 2,104 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Football team at Chapman made $664,680 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full Chapman University Sports Report
You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Redlands. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Redlands, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 924 students in .
The team at University of Redlands took home $603,252 in revenue and paid out $547,447 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $55,805, which isn’t bad at all.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Lutheran University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Men’s Football athletes in California list. Thousand Oaks, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 816 students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Football team at CLU took home $530,506 in revenue.
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University of La Verne landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Men’s Football in California ranking. University of La Verne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in La Verne, California that handed out 1,071 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at ULV took home $555,077 in revenue and paid out $545,302 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $9,775.
Full University of La Verne Sports Report
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 6 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%.
