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$32,090Avg Tuition & Fees*
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Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Division I Men's Football in Florida ranking is part of that endeavor.
After analyzing 4 schools in Florida, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D1 Men's Football athletes in Florida. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the athletic competitiveness of the school and the school's overall quality. This means that a school must provide students with a great education in addition to having a good sports team if it wants to rank well.
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Top Colleges in Florida for D1 Men's Football athletes in Florida
See which schools came out on top of our ranking:
1 Jacksonville University #14 in Qualityin Florida Jacksonville University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Florida. JU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 745 bachelor’s degrees in .Read full sports report on Jacksonville University 2 Stetson University #12 in Qualityin Florida You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stetson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Florida list. Stetson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in DeLand, Florida. It awarded 730 bachelor’s degrees in .The FCS Men’s Football team at Stetson brought home $2,101,696 in revenue in a single year. The academic progress rate of the team is 968.In addition to its great ranking here, Stetson is in the top 20% of all schools on our overall quality list.Read More…
Jacksonville, Florida
DeLand, Florida
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, Florida
The excellent sports programs at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Florida. Florida A&M University is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,567 bachelor’s degrees in .Speaking financially, the FCS Men’s Football team at Florida A&M University took home $4,062,138 in revenue.The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.Full Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Sports Report
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Bethune - Cookman University
Daytona Beach, Florida
The excellent sports programs at Bethune - Cookman University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Florida. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 400 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .On the financial side of things, the FCS Men’s Football team at Bethune - Cookman University made $4,319,322 in revenue. The academic progress rate of the team is 938.Read More…
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 4 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
- The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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