2023 Top Far Western US Region Men's D3 Volleyball Schools
2Colleges
$46,162Avg Tuition & Fees*
57%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Division III Men's Volleyball in the Far Western US Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
After analyzing 2 schools in the Far Western US Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D3 Men's Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region. 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.
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.
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Top Colleges in the Far Western US Region for D3 Men's Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region
Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Santa Cruz the best school for D3 Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region working on their bachelor’s degree. University of California - Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in Santa Cruz, California that handed out 4,744 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D3 Men’s Volleyball team at UC Santa Cruz made $229,458 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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The excellent sports programs at California Lutheran University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D3 Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Far Western US Region. California Lutheran University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Thousand Oaks, California that handed out 816 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D3 Men’s Volleyball team at CLU took home $181,112 in revenue.
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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%.
