2023 Top Plains States Region Women's Soccer Schools
82Colleges
$37,146Avg Tuition & Fees*
59%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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After analyzing 82 schools in the Plains States Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Women's Soccer athletes in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region for Women's Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region
Saint Louis University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Women’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,669 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Soccer team at SLU made $1,580,443 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 994, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SLU also is in the top 5% of our overall quality ranking.
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A rank of #2 on our list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for Women’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. This large public school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 5,092 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Soccer team at Mizzou brought home $1,946,915 in revenue in a single year. The team has a great academic progress rate of 990, signifying that team members care about their grades.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, Mizzou is in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the large public school awarded 8,508 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at UMN Twin Cities took home $66,910 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 997 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. On top of its placing in this ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region list. Drake is a private not-for-profit institution located in Des Moines, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 813 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at Drake took home $871,991 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 997.
In addition to its great ranking here, Drake is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Soccer athletes in the Plains States Region. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,445 students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Soccer team at Creighton made $1,168,727 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 994, signifying that team members care about their grades.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. Creighton 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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University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, the large public school handed out 4,494 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Soccer team at UNL made $182,265 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 995 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
On top of its placing in this ranking, UNL also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Washington University in St Louis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,428 bachelor’s degrees in .
WUSTL brought in $253,475 while tallying up $230,082 in expenses for its Women’s Soccer team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $23,393.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. WUSTL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 6,795 students in .
The Women’s Soccer team at Iowa State brought home $417,707 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 995 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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Rockhurst University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Rockhurst University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 619 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at Rockhurst took home $549,715 in revenue.
Rockhurst 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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With a ranking of #10, University of Kansas did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. KU is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4,493 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Soccer team at KU made $234,480 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 981.
KU also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Augustana University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 569 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at Augustana Sioux Falls took home $754,899 in revenue.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Augustana Sioux Falls also is in the top 15% of our overall quality ranking.
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University of Iowa did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #12. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 5,533 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Soccer team at Iowa made $224,261 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 990 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Iowa also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #13, University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. UST MN is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,722 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Soccer team at UST MN made $562,645 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, UST MN also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,382 students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at North Dakota State University took home $903,548 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 997.
North Dakota State University 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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With a ranking of #15, University of Northern Iowa did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In , this school awarded 2,246 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The Women’s Soccer team at UNI brought home $467,229 in revenue in a single year. With a perfect academic progress rate of 1000, the team is showing that they know how to hit the books, too.
On top of its placing in this ranking, UNI also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Truman State University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region list. Truman State is a public institution located in Kirksville, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 965 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at Truman State took home $227,303 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Truman State also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Luther College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #17. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Decorah, Iowa, and it awarded 499 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Luther took home $184,924 in revenue and paid out $133,145 in expenses in recent times. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $51,779 in profit.
Luther excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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South Dakota State University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. South Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 2,023 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at South Dakota State took home $695,619 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 993 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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Central College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Pella, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 259 students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at Central took home $98,504 in revenue.
Central also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Macalester College ranked #20 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region list. Macalester is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 711 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Soccer team at Macalester made $185,324 in revenue, while incurring $174,866 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $10,458 in profit.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Macalester not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #4 on our overall quality list.
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Bethel University Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 737 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Soccer team at Bethel University Minnesota brought home $85,502 in revenue in a single year.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Bethel University Minnesota 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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Gustavus Adolphus College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Gustavus Adolphus College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Saint Peter, Minnesota that handed out 682 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at Gustavus Adolphus took home $160,694 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Gustavus Adolphus also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #23. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 1,658 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Soccer team at UMKC made $710,730 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 988 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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With a ranking of #24, Grinnell College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Grinnell, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 558 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Soccer team at Grinnell took home $84,580 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Grinnell also took the #5 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Soccer in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large public school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 1,786 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Soccer team at UMSL brought home $361,914 in revenue in a single year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 25 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%.
