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Best D1 Men's Basketball Programs, Ranked by Academic Score
Athletics and academics don't have to be a tradeoff. Below, we've ranked all 355 D1 men'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 D1 men's Basketball programs is 82%, with an average graduation rate of 68%, and median earnings around $63,437.
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Programs
355
Avg. Retention
82%
Avg. Grad Rate
68%
Avg. Earnings (10YR)
$63,437
Top programs
Showing 10 of 355 programs.
Rank
Program
Retention
Grad Rate
Earnings (10YR)
1
1. Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
96%
Earnings (10YR)
$104,043
2
2. Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Retention
99%
Grad Rate
98%
Earnings (10YR)
$101,817
3
3. Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Retention
97%
Grad Rate
98%
Earnings (10YR)
$110,066
4
4. Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
97%
Earnings (10YR)
$124,080
5
5. University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
96%
Earnings (10YR)
$99,980
6
6. University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
97%
Earnings (10YR)
$111,371
7
7. Yale University
New Haven, CT
Retention
99%
Grad Rate
97%
Earnings (10YR)
$100,533
8
8. Brown University
Providence, RI
Retention
99%
Grad Rate
97%
Earnings (10YR)
$93,487
9
9. Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Retention
97%
Grad Rate
92%
Earnings (10YR)
$102,491
10
10. Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
96%
Earnings (10YR)
$97,434
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