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2023 Top North Carolina Women's D1 Swimming Schools

2 Colleges
$50,119 Avg Tuition & Fees*
86% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 I Women's Swimming in North Carolina ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 2 schools in North Carolina, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Women's Swimming athletes in North Carolina. 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 North Carolina for D1 Women's Swimming athletes in North Carolina

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
#1 in Quality in North Carolina
$62,688 Avg Tuition & Fees

Duke University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Women’s Swimming athletes in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 2,312 bachelor’s degrees in . The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list. Read full sports report on Duke University

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#4 in Quality in North Carolina
$37,550 Avg Tuition & Fees

The excellent sports programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Women’s Swimming athletes in North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 6,451 bachelor’s degrees in . Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. UNC Chapel Hill also took the #4 spot in our overall quality rankings. Read More…

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*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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