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2023 Top Missouri Women's Outdoor Track and Field Schools

When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Missouri ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in Missouri, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in Missouri. 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 Missouri for Women's Outdoor Track and Field athletes in Missouri

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#5 in Quality in Missouri

$31,970 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best school for Women’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in Missouri in this year’s ranking. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,092 students in . Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. Mizzou also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5. Read More…

2

Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, Missouri

$26,970 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Outdoor Track and Field athletes in Missouri list. Southwest Baptist University is located in Bolivar, Missouri and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 352 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates. Full Southwest Baptist University 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.