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2023 Top Washington Women's D2 Softball Schools

With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Division II Women's Softball in Washington ranking - to help you make that decision.

After analyzing 3 schools in Washington, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Women's Softball athletes in Washington. 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.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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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.

Top Colleges in Washington for D2 Women's Softball athletes in Washington

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

#8 in Quality in Washington

$516,900 Team Revenue

$26,873 Avg Tuition & Fees

Western Washington University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Women’s Softball athletes in Washington. Bellingham, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,467 students in . Speaking financially, the D2 Women’s Softball team at WWU took home $516,900 in revenue. Read full sports report on Western Washington University

2

Saint Martin's University
Lacey, Washington

#13 in Quality in Washington

$392,598 Team Revenue

$42,220 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Saint Martin’s University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Lacey, Washington, and it awarded 296 bachelor’s degrees in . Saint Martin’s brought in $392,598 while tallying up $307,125 in expenses for its D2 Women’s Softball team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $85,473. Read full sports report on Saint Martin’s University

3

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

#18 in Quality in Washington

$394,464 Team Revenue

$25,910 Avg Tuition & Fees

The excellent sports programs at Central Washington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D2 Women’s Softball athletes in Washington. Central Washington University is a medium-sized public school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 2,612 bachelor’s degrees in . The team at CWU took home $394,464 in revenue and paid out $337,821 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $56,643. Full Central Washington University Sports Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 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.
• Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.