2023 Top Southeast Region Women's D3 Softball Schools
43Colleges
$37,853Avg Tuition & Fees*
57%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division III Women's Softball in the Southeast Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
We analyzed 43 colleges and universities across the Southeast Region to determine which were the best for D3 Women's Softball athletes in the Southeast Region. 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.
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Top Colleges in the Southeast Region for D3 Women's Softball athletes in the Southeast Region
Our analysis found Berry College to be the best school for D3 Women’s Softball athletes in the Southeast Region in this year’s ranking. Berry College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Mount Berry, Georgia that handed out 438 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Berry took home $248,321 in revenue and paid out $234,380 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $13,941 for the sports team.
Berry also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Women’s Softball athletes in the Southeast Region list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,663 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Women’s Softball team at Emory made $476,602 in revenue, while incurring $293,341 in expenses. Thus, the team actually made $183,261, which isn’t bad at all.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Emory also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Christopher Newport University. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Christopher Newport University is a small public school located in Newport News, Virginia that handed out 1,144 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Softball team at CNU took home $263,977 in revenue.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CNU also is in the top 10% of our overall quality ranking.
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Out of the 43 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Transylvania University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 219 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Transylvania made $164,541 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Transylvania also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Full Transylvania University Sports Report
You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Randolph - Macon College. The school came in at #5 in this year’s ranking. Randolph - Macon is located in Ashland, Virginia and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 384 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Randolph - Macon made $202,418 in revenue.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Randolph - Macon also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Full Randolph - Macon College Sports Report
With a ranking of #6, Centre College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Centre College of Kentucky is located in Danville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 350 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Centre College of Kentucky made $119,325 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Centre College of Kentucky excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Centre College Sports Report
With a ranking of #7, Virginia Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. VWU is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 259 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at VWU made $299,574 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #8, Rhodes College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 538 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Rhodes College took home $167,301 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Rhodes College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Rhodes College Sports Report
Millsaps College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Millsaps is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 182 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Millsaps made $137,222 in revenue.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Millsaps excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Millsaps College Sports Report
With a ranking of #10, Covenant College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Covenant College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Lookout Mountain, Georgia that handed out 200 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Women’s Softball team at Covenant brought home $121,188 in revenue in a single year.
Covenant excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Covenant College Sports Report
With a ranking of #11, Roanoke College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Roanoke College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Salem, Virginia that handed out 477 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Roanoke made $169,435 in revenue.
Roanoke excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Roanoke College Sports Report
University of Lynchburg did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 429 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Lynchburg took home $228,051 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #13, Hendrix College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Hendrix College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 251 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Hendrix made $144,132 in revenue.
In addition to its great ranking here, Hendrix is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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With a ranking of #14, Birmingham Southern College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 275 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D3 Women’s Softball team at BSC brought home $192,499 in revenue in a single year.
On top of its placing in this ranking, BSC also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Full Birmingham Southern College Sports Report
Emory and Henry College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Emory & Henry College is located in Emory, Virginia and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 238 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Emory & Henry College made $168,284 in revenue.
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Randolph College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Randolph is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 125 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Randolph brought in $90,063 while tallying up $88,763 in expenses for its D3 Women’s Softball team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $1,300 for the sports team.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Salem College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. Salem is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 117 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Salem made $69,698 in revenue.
Full Salem College Sports Report
University of Mary Washington did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the small public school handed out 1,047 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Softball team at UMW took home $174,477 in revenue.
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With a ranking of #19, Eastern Mennonite University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 288 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The D3 Women’s Softball team at Eastern Mennonite brought home $115,495 in revenue in a single year.
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Guilford College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 285 bachelor’s degrees in .
Guilford brought in $116,925 while tallying up $106,376 in expenses for its D3 Women’s Softball team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $10,549.
Full Guilford College Sports Report
Centenary College of Louisiana came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Centenary Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 126 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Centenary Louisiana took home $108,947 in revenue.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Centenary College of Louisiana Sports Report
Thomas More University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, and it awarded 288 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Thomas More took home $182,901 in revenue and paid out $162,661 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $20,240.
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Piedmont College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking. Piedmont College is located in Demorest, Georgia and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 297 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Piedmont College brought in $291,568 while tallying up $246,192 in expenses for its D3 Women’s Softball team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $45,376 for the sports team.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Piedmont College Sports Report
Maryville College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Maryville College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Maryville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 190 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Maryville College made $149,849 in revenue.
Full Maryville College Sports Report
Shenandoah University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division III Women’s Softball in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Winchester, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 564 students in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Women’s Softball team at Shenandoah took home $178,091 in revenue.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 25 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%.
