2023 Top Massachusetts Women's D1 Volleyball Schools
5Colleges
$54,908Avg Tuition & Fees*
76%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 Division I Women's Volleyball in Massachusetts ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for D1 Women's Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts. 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.
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Top Colleges in Massachusetts for D1 Women's Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts
Northeastern University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 4,498 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at Northeastern took home $1,368,461 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 996 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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A rank of #2 on our list means Boston College is a great place for D1 Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts working on their bachelor’s degree. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It awarded 3,062 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at Boston College took home $1,621,244 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 995, signifying that team members care about their grades.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. On top of its placing in this ranking, Boston College also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent sports programs at College of the Holy Cross helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts. Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 939 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at Holy Cross took home $773,784 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 989, signifying that team members care about their grades.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Holy Cross 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Women’s Volleyball athletes in Massachusetts list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,865 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at Harvard made $362,211 in revenue. Sports aren’t the only thing that the team excels at - they had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Harvard not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #1 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #5 in this year’s ranking. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large public school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 2,884 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 5 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%.
