2023 Top Southwest Region Men's D1 Swimming Schools
3Colleges
$39,521Avg Tuition & Fees*
56%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Division I Men's Swimming in the Southwest Region ranking.
After analyzing 3 schools in the Southwest Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Men's Swimming athletes in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region for D1 Men's Swimming athletes in the Southwest Region
The University of Texas at Austin tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Men’s Swimming athletes in the Southwest Region. Located in Austin, Texas, the large public school awarded 10,374 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. In addition to its Best Colleges for Division I Men’s Swimming in the Southwest Region ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality in the Southwest Region .
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The excellent sports programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Swimming athletes in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 8,003 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
University of Arizona excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Swimming athletes in the Southwest Region. This large public school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 13,536 bachelor’s degrees in .
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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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.
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%.
