It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. 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 Division I Women's Softball in Delaware ranking is part of that endeavor.
After analyzing 2 schools in Delaware, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Women's Softball athletes in Delaware. 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 Delaware for D1 Women's Softball athletes in Delaware
University of Delaware tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Women’s Softball athletes in Delaware. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 4,934 students in .
The D1 Women’s Softball team at UD brought home $1,180,722 in revenue in a single year. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 981.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. UD did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Delaware State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Women’s Softball athletes in Delaware. Located in Dover, Delaware, the medium-sized public school handed out 694 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Softball team at Del State took home $463,725 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 973.
In addition to its Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Softball in Delaware ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Del State is ranked #2 for overall quality in Delaware.
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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%.
