2023 Top Plains States Region Women's D1 Outdoor Track and Field Schools
2Colleges
$30,003Avg Tuition & Fees*
48%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field in the Plains States Region ranking - to help you make that decision.
After analyzing 2 schools in the Plains States Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Plains States Region. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the athletic competitiveness of the school. Thus, in order to rank well, the school must offer a quality education in addition to having a great sports team.
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 Plains States Region for D1 Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Plains States Region
Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best school for D1 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Plains States Region in this year’s ranking. Mizzou is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5,092 bachelor’s degrees in .
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mizzou also is in the top 15% of our overall quality ranking.
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A rank of #2 on our list means University of Kansas is a great place for D1 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 4,493 students in .
KU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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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%.
