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 Nebraska ranking is part of that endeavor.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for D1 Women's Softball athletes in Nebraska. 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.
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Top Colleges in Nebraska for D1 Women's Softball athletes in Nebraska
Our 2023 rankings named Creighton University the best school for D1 Women’s Softball athletes in Nebraska working on their bachelor’s degree. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 1,445 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Softball team at Creighton took home $978,542 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 987, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Creighton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 2 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. This large public school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 4,494 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Softball team at UNL made $283,846 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 997, signifying that team members care about their grades.
UNL also made our overall quality list, coming in at #2.
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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%.
