2023 Top Great Lakes Region Men's Volleyball Schools
16Colleges
$37,452Avg Tuition & Fees*
48%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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 Men's Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
We analyzed 16 colleges and universities across the Great Lakes Region to determine which were the best for Men's Volleyball athletes in the Great Lakes Region. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, the school's athletic competitiveness, and the amount of athletic aid per student - to make this determination. Having a great sports team is not enough - the school must also focus on academic excellence.
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Top Colleges in the Great Lakes Region for Men's Volleyball athletes in the Great Lakes Region
Our 2023 rankings named Ohio State University - Main Campus the best school for Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Great Lakes Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the large public school handed out 11,957 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Volleyball team at Ohio State brought home $128,493 in revenue in a single year.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. Ohio State also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Sports Report
The excellent sports programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,286 students in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Volleyball team at Loyola Chicago took home $734,250 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 985.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. On top of its placing in this ranking, Loyola Chicago also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Located in Muncie, Indiana, the fairly large public school handed out 3,343 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Volleyball team at Ball State took home $618,241 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 996 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee School of Engineering. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball athletes in the Great Lakes Region list. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 563 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Volleyball team at MSOE took home $83,756 in revenue.
MSOE excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Milwaukee School of Engineering Sports Report
Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carthage College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and it awarded 694 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Volleyball team at Carthage took home $102,355 in revenue.
Read full sports report on Carthage College
Dominican University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Dominican University is a small private not-for-profit school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 525 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Volleyball team at Dominican U brought home $91,949 in revenue in a single year.
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North Central College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Naperville, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 653 students in .
North Central brought in $163,064 while tallying up $141,198 in expenses for its Men’s Volleyball team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $21,866.
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Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 627 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Volleyball team at Illinois Tech made $92,659 in revenue.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. Illinois Tech also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Mount St. Joseph University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 255 students in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Volleyball team at Mount St. Joe took home $125,974 in revenue.
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Wittenberg University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Springfield, Ohio, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 355 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The Men’s Volleyball team at Wittenberg made $126,752 in revenue, while incurring $123,752 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $3,000.
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Benedictine University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Lisle, Illinois, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 686 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The team at Benedictine U took home $417,806 in revenue and paid out $375,626 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $42,180.
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Greenville University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Greenville University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Greenville, Illinois that handed out 205 bachelor’s degrees in .
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Lakeland University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Lakeland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Plymouth, Wisconsin. It awarded 461 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Volleyball team at Lakeland made $130,917 in revenue, while incurring $100,036 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $30,881 for the sports team.
Full Lakeland University Sports Report
Marian University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, and it awarded 276 bachelor’s degrees in .
Marian brought in $79,703 while tallying up $77,791 in expenses for its Men’s Volleyball team. Thus, the team actually made $1,912, which isn’t bad at all.
Full Marian University Sports Report
Adrian College ranked #15 on this year’s Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region list. Adrian, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 337 students in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Volleyball team at Adrian took home $86,207 in revenue.
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Olivet College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Volleyball in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #16. Olivet, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 197 students in .
The team at Olivet took home $64,302 in revenue and paid out $62,681 in expenses in recent times. That boils down to a yearly profit of $1,621 for the sports team.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 16 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%.
