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Best D3 Men's Cross Country Programs, Ranked by Academic Score
Athletics and academics don't have to be a tradeoff. Below, we've ranked all 390 D3 men's Cross Country programs by academic score — a composite of acceptance rate, graduation rate, and long-term earnings that reflects the strength of the underlying school.
The average acceptance rate across D3 men's Cross Country programs is 70%, with an average graduation rate of 64%, and median earnings around $60,879.
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Programs
390
Avg. Accept. Rate
70%
Avg. Grad Rate
64%
Avg. Earnings (10YR)
$60,879
Top programs
Showing 10 of 390 programs.
Rank
Program
Accept. Rate
Grad Rate
Earnings (10YR)
1
1. California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Retention
97%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$128,566
2
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Retention
99%
Grad Rate
96%
Earnings (10YR)
$143,372
3
3. Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$114,862
4
4. Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
91%
Earnings (10YR)
$104,736
5
5. Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$87,555
6
6. University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Retention
99%
Grad Rate
96%
Earnings (10YR)
$91,885
7
7. Babson College
Wellesley, MA
Retention
95%
Grad Rate
93%
Earnings (10YR)
$123,938
8
8. Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
Retention
97%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$94,810
9
9. Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Retention
95%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$86,182
10
10. Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Retention
97%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$88,665
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