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2023 Top Arizona Men's Football Schools

With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Men's Football in Arizona ranking - to help you make that decision.

After analyzing 3 schools in Arizona, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Men's Football athletes in Arizona. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Arizona for Men's Football athletes in Arizona

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#1 in Quality in Arizona

$55,202,023 Team Revenue

978 Academic Progress Rate

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the best school for Men’s Football athletes in Arizona in this year’s ranking. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 14,986 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates. The team at ASU - Tempe took home $55,202,023 in revenue and paid out $31,642,564 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $23,559,459. The great academic progress rate of 978 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #1 on our overall quality list. Full Arizona State University - Tempe Sports Report

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#4 in Quality in Arizona

$46,285,173 Team Revenue

964 Academic Progress Rate

A rank of #2 on our list means University of Arizona is a great place for Men’s Football athletes in Arizona working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Arizona is a large public school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 8,003 bachelor’s degrees in . The team at University of Arizona took home $46,285,173 in revenue and paid out $26,235,948 in expenses in recent times. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $20,049,225 in profit. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 964. University of Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list. Read More…

3

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

#8 in Quality in Arizona

$5,488,606 Team Revenue

944 Academic Progress Rate

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,990 students in . On the financial side of things, the Men’s Football team at NAU made $5,488,606 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 944. Read full sports report on Northern Arizona University

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 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.