2023 Top New England Region Women's Volleyball Schools
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With all of the options student athletes have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Women's Volleyball in the New England Region ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
We analyzed 91 colleges and universities across the New England Region to determine which were the best for Women's Volleyball athletes in the New England Region. 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 the New England Region for Women's Volleyball athletes in the New England Region
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Our 2023 rankings named Fairfield University the best school for Women’s Volleyball athletes in the New England Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,241 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Fairfield U took home $1,277,863 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 974.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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The excellent sports programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Volleyball athletes in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 4,498 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Northeastern made $1,368,461 in revenue. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 996.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, Northeastern is in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Northeastern University Sports Report
A rank of #3 on our list means University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a great place for Women’s Volleyball athletes in the New England Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, the fairly large public school awarded 3,145 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at UNH brought home $872,346 in revenue in a single year. The team has a great academic progress rate of 984, signifying that team members care about their grades.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball athletes in the New England Region list. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 1,695 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Yale made $572,212 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 992 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Yale did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #5 in this year’s ranking. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 1,770 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Quinnipiac made $1,293,623 in revenue. Sports aren’t the only thing that the team excels at - they had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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University of Rhode Island ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region list. URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In , this school awarded 3,532 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at URI made $780,874 in revenue. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
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Boston College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region list. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,062 students in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Boston College brought home $1,621,244 in revenue in a single year. The team members aren’t slouches in the classroom either, since the team academic progress rate is an excellent 995.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. Boston College 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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Sacred Heart University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,475 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Sacred Heart made $1,103,563 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 989 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,361 students in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at MIT brought home $109,446 in revenue in a single year.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. MIT also made our overall quality list, coming in at #2.
Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sports Report
Tufts University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. Tufts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,915 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Tufts took home $173,062 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Tufts 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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With a ranking of #11, Bryant University did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. Smithfield, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 835 students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Bryant took home $680,012 in revenue. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Connecticut came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5,690 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at UCONN made $1,088,838 in revenue. The team has a great academic progress rate of 990, signifying that team members care about their grades.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its great ranking here, UCONN is in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.
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Providence College ranked #13 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 1,194 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Providence made $1,061,103 in revenue. The great academic progress rate of 989 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full Providence College Sports Report
College of the Holy Cross came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. College of the Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 939 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Holy Cross brought home $773,784 in revenue in a single year. The great academic progress rate of 989 shows that team members perform well in the classroom, too.
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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Saint Anselm College ranked #15 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region list. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 611 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at St. Anselm College made $343,175 in revenue, while incurring $338,763 in expenses. That boils down to a yearly profit of $4,412 for the sports team.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Saint Anselm College Sports Report
Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1,333 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at WPI made $152,632 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. WPI 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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Amherst College ranked #17 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 759 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Amherst made $222,476 in revenue.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. In addition to its great ranking here, Amherst is in the top 10% of all schools on our overall quality list.
Full Amherst College Sports Report
Wesleyan University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. Wesleyan U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middletown, Connecticut. It awarded 1,206 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Wesleyan U took home $272,475 in revenue and paid out $205,332 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $67,143.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. Wesleyan U also claimed a spot on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Full Wesleyan University Sports Report
Middlebury College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #19. Middlebury College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Middlebury, Vermont that handed out 832 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Middlebury made $109,401 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. On top of its placing in this ranking, Middlebury also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Harvard University did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #20. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 1,865 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Harvard brought home $362,211 in revenue in a single year. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Harvard also took the #1 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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With a ranking of #21, Dartmouth College did quite well on the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hanover, New Hampshire. It awarded 1,279 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Dartmouth took home $426,311 in revenue. The team had a perfect academic progress rate of 1000.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. On top of its placing in this ranking, Dartmouth also did well on our overall quality list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Clark University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 657 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Clark took home $84,386 in revenue.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Clark University Sports Report
Maine Maritime Academy came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. Castine, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 165 students in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Maine Maritime took home $120,919 in revenue.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Bowdoin College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking. Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 631 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The team at Bowdoin took home $204,025 in revenue and paid out $182,530 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $21,495, which isn’t bad at all.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Bowdoin also is in the top 10% of our overall quality ranking.
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Springfield College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #25. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 522 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Springfield College made $206,038 in revenue.
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