2023 Top Great Lakes Region Women's Indoor Track and Field Schools
9Colleges
$44,295Avg Tuition & Fees*
68%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Women's Indoor Track and Field in the Great Lakes Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
After analyzing 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Women's Indoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.
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 Women's Indoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Women’s Indoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region. This large public school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 8,969 bachelor’s degrees in .
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. U-M did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Indoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, the large public school handed out 8,676 bachelor’s degrees in .
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Indoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region. This large public school is located in Bloomington, Indiana, and it awarded 7,504 bachelor’s degrees in .
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. On top of its placing in this ranking, IU Bloomington 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 join some of the best athletes around if you attend Ohio Northern University. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Ada, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 450 students in .
The Women’s Indoor Track and Field team at ONU brought home $91,521 in revenue in a single year.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. On top of its placing in this ranking, ONU also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #5 in this year’s ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2,425 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. UChicago also made our overall quality list, coming in at #3.
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Oberlin College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Indoor Track and Field in the Great Lakes Region list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Oberlin, Ohio, and it awarded 931 bachelor’s degrees in .
Oberlin brought in $117,227 while tallying up $113,661 in expenses for its Women’s Indoor Track and Field team. Thus, the team actually made $3,566, which isn’t bad at all.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Oberlin also is in the top 10% of our overall quality ranking.
Full Oberlin College Sports Report
With a ranking of #7, Saint Norbert College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Indoor Track and Field in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in De Pere, Wisconsin, and it awarded 578 bachelor’s degrees in .
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SNC also is in the top 20% of our overall quality ranking.
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Otterbein University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Indoor Track and Field in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Westerville, Ohio, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 575 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
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With a ranking of #9, Carthage College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Indoor Track and Field in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 694 bachelor’s degrees in .
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 9 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%.
