Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Women's Volleyball in Maine ranking is part of that endeavor.
Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for Women's Volleyball athletes in Maine. 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 Maine for Women's Volleyball athletes in Maine
Our analysis found Maine Maritime Academy to be the best school for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Maine in this year’s ranking. This small public school is located in Castine, Maine, and it awarded 165 bachelor’s degrees in .
Speaking financially, the Women’s Volleyball team at Maine Maritime took home $120,919 in revenue.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Maine Maritime not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #4 on our overall quality list.
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The excellent sports programs at Bowdoin College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Maine. Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 631 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
Bowdoin brought in $204,025 while tallying up $182,530 in expenses for its Women’s Volleyball team. Thus, the team actually made $21,495, which isn’t bad at all.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. In addition to its Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Maine ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Bowdoin is ranked #1 for overall quality in Maine.
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The excellent sports programs at Bates College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Maine. Lewiston, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 601 students in .
Bates brought in $159,260 while tallying up $148,596 in expenses for its Women’s Volleyball team. Thus, the team actually made $10,664, which isn’t bad at all.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. Bates also took the #3 spot in our overall quality rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 556 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at UNE made $103,497 in revenue, while incurring $100,930 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $2,567.
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A rank of #5 on our list means Colby College is a great place for Women’s Volleyball athletes in Maine working on their bachelor’s degree. Colby College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 734 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Women’s Volleyball team at Colby made $204,421 in revenue.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. In addition to its Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Maine ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colby is ranked #2 for overall quality in Maine.
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Saint Joseph’s College of Maine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Maine list. Standish, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 271 students in .
The Women’s Volleyball team at Saint Joseph’s Maine brought home $97,426 in revenue in a single year.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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University of Southern Maine came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Women’s Volleyball in Maine ranking. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In , this school awarded 1,131 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The team at University of Southern Maine took home $130,910 in revenue and paid out $105,393 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $25,517.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 7 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%.
