When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division I Women's Softball in South Dakota ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for D1 Women's Softball athletes in South Dakota. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.
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 South Dakota for D1 Women's Softball athletes in South Dakota
Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best school for D1 Women’s Softball athletes in South Dakota in this year’s ranking. USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In , this school awarded 1,293 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The D1 Women’s Softball team at USD brought home $725,908 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 985.
USD did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at South Dakota 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 South Dakota. This fairly large public school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 2,023 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Softball team at South Dakota State took home $663,956 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 974.
South Dakota State also took the #3 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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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%.
