2023 Top Rocky Mountains Region Women's D1 Volleyball Schools
16Colleges
$26,512Avg Tuition & Fees*
31%Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
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Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for D1 Women's Volleyball athletes in the Rocky Mountains 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.
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Top Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region for D1 Women's Volleyball athletes in the Rocky Mountains Region
Our analysis found University of Denver to be the best school for D1 Women’s Volleyball athletes in the Rocky Mountains Region in this year’s ranking. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In , this school awarded 1,587 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at DU made $1,403,733 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 981 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
DU also made our overall quality list, coming in at #4.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 6,562 students in .
The D1 Women’s Volleyball team at BYU brought home $720,565 in revenue in a single year. The team has a great academic progress rate of 990, signifying that team members care about their grades.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our overall quality list.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, the large public school awarded 5,383 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at Colorado State made $2,096,696 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Colorado State also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Women’s Volleyball athletes in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,498 students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at U of U made $513,471 in revenue. Sports aren’t the only thing that the team excels at - they had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. U of U also made our overall quality list, coming in at #5.
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The excellent sports programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Women’s Volleyball athletes in the Rocky Mountains Region. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7,273 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at CU - Boulder took home $530,416 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 964.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. On top of its placing in this ranking, CU - Boulder 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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With a ranking of #6, University of Wyoming did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, the fairly large public school awarded 2,325 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at UW took home $772,868 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 995, signifying that team members care about their grades.
In addition to its great ranking here, UW is in the top 15% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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University of Northern Colorado ranked #7 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This medium-sized public school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 1,857 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Women’s Volleyball team at University of Northern Colorado brought home $1,075,443 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 981 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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Boise State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State University is a large public school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 4,080 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at Boise State made $656,031 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 990.
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University of Idaho came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 1,712 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at U of I made $739,306 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 980.
U of I also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Utah State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. USU is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In , this school awarded 4,178 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Speaking financially, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at USU took home $1,151,592 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 995, signifying that team members care about their grades.
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Idaho State University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #11. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,124 students in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at ISU made $833,890 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 989, signifying that team members care about their grades.
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Montana State University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, the fairly large public school handed out 2,612 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at MSU Bozeman made $1,007,598 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 983.
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Utah Valley University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UVU is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4,072 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at UVU made $734,112 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 989 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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Weber State University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Weber State University is a large public school located in Ogden, Utah that handed out 2,639 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the D1 Women’s Volleyball team at WSU made $803,550 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 995.
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The University of Montana did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Missoula, Montana, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,232 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Women’s Volleyball team at UM brought home $397,353 in revenue in a single year. The academic progress rate of the team is 970.
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Southern Utah University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Division I Women’s Volleyball in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school situated in Cedar City, Utah. It awarded 1,540 bachelor’s degrees in .
The D1 Women’s Volleyball team at Southern Utah University made $791,666 in revenue, while incurring $647,258 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $144,408 for the sports team. The academic progress rate of the team is 940.
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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%.
