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Best Big Twelve Conference Women's Basketball Programs, Ranked by Academic Score
Athletics and academics don't have to be a tradeoff. Below, we've ranked all 14 Big Twelve Conference women's Basketball 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 Twelve Conference women's Basketball programs is 88%, with an average graduation rate of 72%, and median earnings around $63,011.
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Programs
14
Avg. Retention
88%
Avg. Grad Rate
72%
Avg. Earnings (10YR)
$63,011
Top programs
Showing 14 of 14 programs.
Rank
Program
Retention
Grad Rate
Earnings (10YR)
1
1. The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Retention
96%
Grad Rate
85%
Earnings (10YR)
$75,121
2
2. Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
Retention
94%
Grad Rate
81%
Earnings (10YR)
$68,424
3
3. Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Retention
89%
Grad Rate
83%
Earnings (10YR)
$75,790
4
4. Baylor University
Waco, TX
Retention
91%
Grad Rate
79%
Earnings (10YR)
$65,793
5
5. Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Retention
88%
Grad Rate
74%
Earnings (10YR)
$63,386
6
6. University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, OK
Retention
89%
Grad Rate
69%
Earnings (10YR)
$63,126
7
7. University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Retention
92%
Grad Rate
73%
Earnings (10YR)
$58,308
8
8. University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH
Retention
86%
Grad Rate
71%
Earnings (10YR)
$54,810
9
9. Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Retention
85%
Grad Rate
66%
Earnings (10YR)
$62,454
10
10. Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Retention
87%
Grad Rate
65%
Earnings (10YR)
$57,262
11
11. University of Houston
Houston, TX
Retention
86%
Grad Rate
62%
Earnings (10YR)
$62,377
12
12. University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Retention
85%
Grad Rate
65%
Earnings (10YR)
$61,945
13
13. Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK
Retention
84%
Grad Rate
64%
Earnings (10YR)
$57,413
14
14. West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Retention
81%
Grad Rate
64%
Earnings (10YR)
$55,939
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