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 Division I Women's Softball in Colorado ranking is part of that endeavor.
After analyzing 2 schools in Colorado, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Women's Softball athletes in Colorado. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the athletic competitiveness of the school and the school's overall quality. This means that a school must provide students with a great education in addition to having a good sports team if it wants to rank well.
Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.
We've created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don't have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
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Top Colleges in Colorado for D1 Women's Softball athletes in Colorado
Our analysis found Colorado State University - Fort Collins to be the best school for D1 Women’s Softball athletes in Colorado in this year’s ranking. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, the large public school handed out 5,383 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Women’s Softball team at Colorado State brought home $1,148,153 in revenue in a single year.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Colorado State also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Located in Greeley, Colorado, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,857 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Women’s Softball team at University of Northern Colorado brought home $636,185 in revenue in a single year. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 968.
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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%.
