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 Women's Golf in South Carolina ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for D1 Women's Golf athletes in South Carolina. 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 South Carolina for D1 Women's Golf athletes in South Carolina
Furman University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Women’s Golf athletes in South Carolina. Furman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 779 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Golf team at Furman made $677,601 in revenue.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Furman also made our overall quality list, coming in at #1.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This large public school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 7,106 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Golf team at UofSC took home $1,185,987 in revenue. Sports aren’t the only thing that the team excels at - they had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. UofSC also took the #4 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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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%.
