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Best Big Ten Conference Men's Baseball Programs, Ranked by Academic Score
Athletics and academics don't have to be a tradeoff. Below, we've ranked all 13 Big Ten Conference men's Baseball programs by academic score — a composite of retention rate, graduation rate, and long-term earnings that reflects the strength of the underlying school.
The average retention rate across Big Ten Conference men's Baseball programs is 92%, with an average graduation rate of 83%, and median earnings around $71,487.
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Programs
13
Avg. Retention
92%
Avg. Grad Rate
83%
Avg. Earnings (10YR)
$71,487
Top programs
Showing 13 of 13 programs.
Rank
Program
Retention
Grad Rate
Earnings (10YR)
1
1. Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Retention
97%
Grad Rate
96%
Earnings (10YR)
$89,363
2
2. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$83,648
3
3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Retention
94%
Grad Rate
87%
Earnings (10YR)
$81,054
4
4. University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
Retention
96%
Grad Rate
84%
Earnings (10YR)
$82,860
5
5. Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
Retention
93%
Grad Rate
84%
Earnings (10YR)
$74,479
6
6. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
Retention
92%
Grad Rate
85%
Earnings (10YR)
$63,435
7
7. Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
Retention
92%
Grad Rate
78%
Earnings (10YR)
$72,424
8
8. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Retention
91%
Grad Rate
83%
Earnings (10YR)
$69,020
9
9. Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Retention
91%
Grad Rate
83%
Earnings (10YR)
$67,253
10
10. Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
Retention
91%
Grad Rate
81%
Earnings (10YR)
$63,742
11
11. Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
Retention
94%
Grad Rate
81%
Earnings (10YR)
$60,409
12
12. University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Retention
89%
Grad Rate
72%
Earnings (10YR)
$64,762
13
13. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Retention
84%
Grad Rate
67%
Earnings (10YR)
$56,887
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