Choose a SportMen's BaseballMen's BasketballMen's FencingMen's FootballMen's GolfMen's GymasticsMen's Ice HockeyMen's Track & Field (Indoor)Men's LacrosseMen's Track & Field (Outdoor)Men's RifleMen's SoccerMen's SwimmingMen's TennisMen's VolleyballMen's Water PoloMen's WrestlingWomen's BasketballWomen's BowlingWomen's FencingWomen's Field HockeyWomen's GolfWomen's GymnasticsWomen's Ice HockeyWomen's Track & Field (Indoor)Women's LacrosseWomen's Track & Field (Outdoor)Women's RowingWomen's SoccerWomen's SoftballWomen's SwimmingWomen's TennisWomen's VolleyballWomen's Water Polo

2023 Top Washington Women's D3 Softball Schools

Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Division III Women's Softball in Washington ranking - to help you make that decision.

We analyzed 3 colleges and universities across Washington to determine which were the best for D3 Women's Softball athletes in Washington. 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.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We've developed a number of other tools and rankings to help you make your college decision. Start by filtering this list by location and then explore our other rankings that feature schools great for different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Top Colleges in Washington for D3 Women's Softball athletes in Washington

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Whitworth University
Spokane, Washington

#6 in Quality in Washington

$179,838 Team Revenue

$48,990 Avg Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Whitworth University to be the best school for D3 Women’s Softball athletes in Washington in this year’s ranking. Whitworth University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 643 bachelor’s degrees in . The D3 Women’s Softball team at Whitworth made $179,838 in revenue, while incurring $175,358 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $4,480. Read full sports report on Whitworth University

2

Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, Washington

#9 in Quality in Washington

$299,313 Team Revenue

$50,256 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Lutheran University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Women’s Softball athletes in Washington list. Located in Tacoma, Washington, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 616 bachelor’s degrees in . The D3 Women’s Softball team at PLU made $299,313 in revenue, while incurring $240,103 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $59,210. Read full sports report on Pacific Lutheran University

3

University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington

#5 in Quality in Washington

$136,879 Team Revenue

$57,626 Avg Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puget Sound. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Women’s Softball athletes in Washington list. Tacoma, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 534 students in . The D3 Women’s Softball team at Puget Sound brought home $136,879 in revenue in a single year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Puget Sound not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #5 on our overall quality list. Read More…

View Best Colleges for D3 Women’s Softball in the Far Western US Region >

More Rankings >

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.