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 III Men's Swimming in Pennsylvania ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for D3 Men's Swimming athletes in Pennsylvania. 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.
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.
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Top Colleges in Pennsylvania for D3 Men's Swimming athletes in Pennsylvania
Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the best school for D3 Men’s Swimming athletes in Pennsylvania in this year’s ranking. Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,971 bachelor’s degrees in .
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Carnegie Mellon did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 2 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Gettysburg College landed the #2 spot on the list. Gettysburg is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 764 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D3 Men’s Swimming & Diving team at Gettysburg brought home $113,272 in revenue in a single year.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its great ranking here, Gettysburg is in the top 10% of all schools 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 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%.
