When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Division II Men's Swimming in California ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for D2 Men's Swimming athletes in California. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the athletic competitiveness of the school. Thus, in order to rank well, the school must offer a quality education in addition to having a great sports team.
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Top Colleges in California for D2 Men's Swimming athletes in California
University of California - San Diego tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Men’s Swimming athletes in California. UCSD is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9,422 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D2 Men’s Swimming & Diving team at UCSD brought home $466,319 in revenue in a single year.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCSD also is in the top 15% of our overall quality ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Fresno Pacific University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fresno, California. It awarded 684 bachelor’s degrees in .
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 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%.
