It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. 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 Men's Swimming in Pennsylvania ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 4 colleges and universities across Pennsylvania to determine which were the best for 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.
Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.
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Top Colleges in Pennsylvania for Men's Swimming athletes in Pennsylvania
Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the best school for 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 .
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Carnegie Mellon did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #2 on our list means Gettysburg College is a great place for Men’s Swimming athletes in Pennsylvania working on their bachelor’s degree. Gettysburg is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 764 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Swimming & Diving team at Gettysburg made $113,272 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. Gettysburg excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the fairly large public school handed out 3,524 bachelor’s degrees in .
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A rank of #4 on our list means Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is a great place for Men’s Swimming athletes in Pennsylvania working on their bachelor’s degree.
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Swimming & Diving team at Bloomsburg made $174,451 in revenue.
Read full sports report on Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 4 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%.
