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2023 Top Great Lakes Region Women's D2 Golf Schools

With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 II Women's Golf in the Great Lakes Region ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Women's Golf athletes in the Great Lakes 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.

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

Customizing Your List

We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and value for your money.

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Top Colleges in the Great Lakes Region for D2 Women's Golf athletes in the Great Lakes Region

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

The University of Findlay
Findlay, Ohio

$298,350 Team Revenue

$37,621 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Findlay the best school for D2 Women’s Golf athletes in the Great Lakes Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Findlay is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Findlay, Ohio. It awarded 478 bachelor’s degrees in . Findlay brought in $298,350 while tallying up $292,176 in expenses for its D2 Women’s Golf team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $6,174. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. Read More…

2

Lewis University
Romeoville, Illinois

Top 25% in Quality in the Great Lakes Region

$184,359 Team Revenue

$36,530 Avg Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Romeoville, Illinois, and it awarded 1,124 bachelor’s degrees in . Speaking financially, the D2 Women’s Golf team at Lewis took home $184,359 in revenue. Read More…

3

Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio

$119,206 Team Revenue

$24,140 Avg Tuition & Fees

The excellent sports programs at Ashland University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D2 Women’s Golf athletes in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Ashland, Ohio, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 697 bachelor’s degrees in . On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Golf team at Ashland made $119,206 in revenue. Full Ashland University Sports Report

4

Northwood University
Midland, Michigan

$215,385 Team Revenue

$31,600 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Northwood University. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Midland, Michigan, and it awarded 661 bachelor’s degrees in . On the financial side of things, the D2 Women’s Golf team at Northwood made $215,385 in revenue. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Full Northwood University Sports Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

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