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2023 Top California Women's Outdoor Track and Field Schools

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 Outdoor Track and Field in California ranking is part of that endeavor.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across California to determine which were the best for Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in California. 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.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in California for Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in California

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#6 in Quality in California

$64,726 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best school for Women’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in California in this year’s ranking. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 5,642 bachelor’s degrees in . Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list. Full University of Southern California Sports Report

2

University of Redlands
Redlands, California

Top 25% in Quality in California

$87,670 Team Revenue

$55,678 Avg Tuition & Fees

The excellent sports programs at University of Redlands helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in California. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Redlands, California, and it awarded 924 bachelor’s degrees in . The Women’s Outdoor Track and Field team at University of Redlands brought home $87,670 in revenue in a single year. Full University of Redlands Sports Report

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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.
• Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.