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2023 Top Kentucky Women's D2 Softball Schools

When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division II Women's Softball in Kentucky ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Customizing Your List

We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and value for your money.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you're torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Bellarmine University
Louisville, Kentucky

#5 in Quality in Kentucky

$443,430 Team Revenue

$45,630 Avg Tuition & Fees

Bellarmine University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Women’s Softball athletes in Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 660 students in . Speaking financially, the D2 Women’s Softball team at Bellarmine U took home $443,430 in revenue. Bellarmine U also took the #5 spot in our overall quality rankings. Read full sports report on Bellarmine University

2

Kentucky Wesleyan College
Owensboro, Kentucky

#20 in Quality in Kentucky

$241,246 Team Revenue

$31,300 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kentucky Wesleyan College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D2 Women’s Softball athletes in Kentucky list. Located in Owensboro, Kentucky, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 165 bachelor’s degrees in . The D2 Women’s Softball team at Wesleyan brought home $241,246 in revenue in a single year. Full Kentucky Wesleyan College Sports Report

3

Kentucky State University
Frankfort, Kentucky

$331,750 Team Revenue

$12,932 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kentucky State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D2 Women’s Softball athletes in Kentucky list. Frankfort, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 150 students in . The D2 Women’s Softball team at KY State brought home $331,750 in revenue in a single year. Full Kentucky State 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.