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 Massachusetts ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 3 colleges and universities across Massachusetts to determine which were the best for Women's Swimming athletes in Massachusetts. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.
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 Massachusetts for Women's Swimming athletes in Massachusetts
Williams College tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Women’s Swimming athletes in Massachusetts. Williams is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 737 bachelor’s degrees in .
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Williams also made our overall quality list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 3 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Amherst College landed the #2 spot on the list. Amherst is a private not-for-profit institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 759 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. Amherst did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. MIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,361 bachelor’s degrees in .
With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. MIT also took the #2 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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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%.
