2023 Top Plains States Region Women's Ice Hockey Schools
13Colleges
$37,094Avg Tuition & Fees*
57%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Women's Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking is part of that endeavor.
After analyzing 13 schools in the Plains States Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Women's Ice Hockey 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.
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Top Colleges in the Plains States Region for Women's Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region
Our analysis found University of Minnesota - Twin Cities to be the best school for Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region in this year’s ranking. This large public school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 8,508 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at UMN Twin Cities made $285,381 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 992, signifying that team members care about their grades.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. UMN Twin Cities excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #2 on our list means University of Minnesota - Duluth is a great place for Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, the medium-sized public school handed out 2,218 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at UMN Duluth made $2,015,331 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 990, signifying that team members care about their grades.
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A rank of #3 on our list means Gustavus Adolphus College is a great place for Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Gustavus Adolphus is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Peter, Minnesota. It awarded 682 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at Gustavus Adolphus took home $243,584 in revenue.
Gustavus Adolphus excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #4 on our list means Concordia College at Moorhead is a great place for Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 453 students in .
The Women’s Ice Hockey team at Concordia College Moorhead brought home $133,351 in revenue in a single year.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Concordia College Moorhead also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey athletes in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 1,722 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Ice Hockey team at UST MN brought home $1,180,308 in revenue in a single year.
On top of its placing in this ranking, UST MN also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 761 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at St. Scholastica took home $301,508 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, St. Scholastica also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Augsburg University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 572 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at Augsburg took home $202,840 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #8, Bemidji State University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking. Bemidji State University is a public institution located in Bemidji, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 972 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Ice Hockey team at Bemidji State University brought home $1,432,993 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 992 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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St Olaf College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. St Olaf College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Northfield, Minnesota that handed out 969 bachelor’s degrees in .
St. Olaf brought in $174,815 while tallying up $157,494 in expenses for its Women’s Ice Hockey team. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $17,321 in profit.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its great ranking here, St. Olaf is in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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Saint Cloud State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 1,614 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at St. Cloud State University took home $1,241,406 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 981.
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Bethel University Minnesota ranked #11 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 737 students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at Bethel University Minnesota took home $116,375 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. In addition to its great ranking here, Bethel University Minnesota is in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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With a ranking of #12, Hamline University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 494 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at Hamline took home $228,101 in revenue.
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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Ice Hockey in the Plains States Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Winona, Minnesota, and it awarded 424 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Ice Hockey team at SMU MN made $329,799 in revenue.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 13 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%.
