When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Men's Golf in the Plains States Region ranking.
After analyzing 2 schools in the Plains States Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Men's Golf athletes in the Plains States 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.
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 the Plains States Region for Men's Golf athletes in the Plains States Region
University of Missouri - Columbia tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Men’s Golf athletes in the Plains States Region. Located in Columbia, Missouri, the large public school awarded 5,092 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Golf team at Mizzou made $820,555 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 994.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mizzou also is in the top 15% of our overall quality ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 1,722 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Golf team at UST MN brought home $234,106 in revenue in a single year.
In addition to its great ranking here, UST MN is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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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.
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%.
