2023 Top Great Lakes Region Women's D1 Outdoor Track and Field Schools
2Colleges
$44,548Avg Tuition & Fees*
75%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 Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field in the Great Lakes Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across the Great Lakes Region to determine which were the best for D1 Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region. 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 the Great Lakes Region for D1 Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region
Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school for D1 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Great Lakes Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,829 bachelor’s degrees in .
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Outdoor Track and Field in the Great Lakes Region ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Notre Dame is ranked #2 for overall quality in the Great Lakes Region .
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 8,676 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. Purdue also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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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%.
