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Best Women's Basketball Programs, Ranked by Academic Score
Athletics and academics don't have to be a tradeoff. Below, we've ranked all 1,758 women's Basketball 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 women's Basketball programs is 80%, with an average graduation rate of 52%, and median earnings around $52,788.
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Programs
1,758
Avg. Accept. Rate
80%
Avg. Grad Rate
52%
Avg. Earnings (10YR)
$52,788
Top programs
Showing 10 of 1,758 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. Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
98%
Earnings (10YR)
$101,817
3
3. Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
Retention
97%
Grad Rate
90%
Earnings (10YR)
N/A
4
4. Marian University-Ancilla
Plymouth, IN
Retention
38%
Grad Rate
N/A
Earnings (10YR)
$58,759
5
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Retention
99%
Grad Rate
96%
Earnings (10YR)
$143,372
6
6. University of Connecticut-Avery Point
Groton, CT
Retention
70%
Grad Rate
62%
Earnings (10YR)
$73,997
7
7. University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Retention
99%
Grad Rate
97%
Earnings (10YR)
$111,371
8
8. University of St Francis
Joliet, IL
Retention
79%
Grad Rate
67%
Earnings (10YR)
$63,926
9
9. Bentley University
Waltham, MA
Retention
93%
Grad Rate
87%
Earnings (10YR)
$120,959
10
10. Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Retention
98%
Grad Rate
94%
Earnings (10YR)
$114,862
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