When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Women's Swimming in Missouri ranking - to help you make that decision.
Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for Women's Swimming athletes in Missouri. 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 Missouri for Women's Swimming athletes in Missouri
University of Missouri - Columbia tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Women’s Swimming athletes in Missouri. Located in Columbia, Missouri, the large public school awarded 5,092 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 2 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University landed the #2 spot on the list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 393 students 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%.
