When pursuing a degree in today's world, student athletes have many different options to choose from. 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 III Women's Swimming in Michigan ranking.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for D3 Women's Swimming athletes in Michigan. 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 Michigan for D3 Women's Swimming athletes in Michigan
Our analysis found Calvin University to be the best school for D3 Women’s Swimming athletes in Michigan in this year’s ranking. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 858 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Calvin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albion College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D3 Women’s Swimming athletes in Michigan list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Albion, Michigan, and it awarded 365 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%.
