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 Women's Swimming in Michigan ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 3 colleges and universities across Michigan to determine which were the best for Women's Swimming athletes in Michigan. 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.
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.
We've created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don't have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
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Top Colleges in Michigan for Women's Swimming athletes in Michigan
Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best school for Women’s Swimming athletes in Michigan working on their bachelor’s degree. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8,969 bachelor’s degrees in .
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. U-M also took the #1 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Calvin University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 858 bachelor’s degrees 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. In addition to its great ranking here, Calvin is in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Albion College. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Albion is a private not-for-profit institution located in Albion, Michigan. The school has a small population, 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 3 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%.
