2023 Top Southwest Region Men's Outdoor Track and Field Schools
5Colleges
$38,204Avg Tuition & Fees*
52%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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 Men's Outdoor Track and Field in the Southwest Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
After analyzing 5 schools in the Southwest Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Men's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region for Men's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Southwest Region
Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best school for Men’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Southwest Region in this year’s ranking. This large public school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 13,536 bachelor’s degrees in .
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, the large public school awarded 10,374 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its Best Colleges for Men’s Outdoor Track and Field in the Southwest Region ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality in the Southwest Region .
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A rank of #3 on our list means Baylor University is a great place for Men’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Southwest Region working on their bachelor’s degree. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 3,698 bachelor’s degrees in .
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Baylor also is in the top 10% of our overall quality ranking.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, the large public school handed out 6,886 bachelor’s degrees in .
Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Texas Lutheran University. The school came in at #5 in this year’s ranking. TLU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seguin, Texas. It awarded 360 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Outdoor Track and Field team at TLU made $80,067 in revenue, while incurring $75,098 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $4,969 in profit.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 5 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%.
