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 Men's Golf in Texas ranking is part of that endeavor.
We analyzed 6 colleges and universities across Texas to determine which were the best for Men's Golf athletes in Texas. 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 Texas for Men's Golf athletes in Texas
Our analysis found Baylor University to be the best school for Men’s Golf athletes in Texas in this year’s ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,698 students in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Golf team at Baylor made $1,163,758 in revenue. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Baylor also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent sports programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Men’s Golf athletes in Texas. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 10,374 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Golf team at UT Austin brought home $489,973 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 981 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13,536 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Golf team at Texas A&M College Station made $540,632 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 995 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a large public school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 6,886 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Golf team at Texas Tech brought home $280,158 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 988 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at University of Mary Hardin - Baylor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Men’s Golf athletes in Texas. UMHB is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belton, Texas. It awarded 701 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Golf team at UMHB took home $165,699 in revenue.
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Concordia University, Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Men’s Golf in Texas list. Located in Austin, Texas, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 478 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Golf team at Concordia University, Texas took home $82,756 in revenue.
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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%.
