Best D3 Women's Basketball Schools

Top D3 Women’s Basketball Schools

NCSA analyzed 430 four-year colleges with women’s college basketball programs at the NCAA Division 3 level to develop a list of the Best Division 3 Women’s Basketball Colleges for Student-Athletes.

NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of “NCSA Favorites” data obtained from the college search activity of the millions of student-athletes on the NCSA recruiting network, U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges general academic rankings, and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard graduation rates and average cost after aid.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT

NCAA Division 3

$55,878 Tuition

$5,084 Avg. Cost After Aid

221 Favorites

5 General Rank

1 Grad Rank

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Johns Hopkins University

NCAA Division 3

$58,720 Tuition

$14,254 Avg. Cost After Aid

313 Favorites

32 General Rank

3 Grad Rank

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University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

$62,241 Tuition

$22,690 Avg. Cost After Aid

351 Favorites

28 General Rank

2 Grad Rank

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Emory University

NCAA Division 3

$55,468 Tuition

$25,424 Avg. Cost After Aid

361 Favorites

79 General Rank

26 Grad Rank

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Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

$63,000 Tuition

$35,683 Avg. Cost After Aid

284 Favorites

114 General Rank

6 Grad Rank

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Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

$58,866 Tuition

$27,595 Avg. Cost After Aid

244 Favorites

63 General Rank

10 Grad Rank

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Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

$61,150 Tuition

$17,304 Avg. Cost After Aid

187 Favorites

3 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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Williams College

NCAA Division 3

$59,660 Tuition

$14,739 Avg. Cost After Aid

134 Favorites

2 General Rank

5 Grad Rank

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Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

$58,924 Tuition

$37,846 Avg. Cost After Aid

220 Favorites

77 General Rank

13 Grad Rank

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University of Rochester

NCAA Division 3

$59,378 Tuition

$31,171 Avg. Cost After Aid

198 Favorites

121 General Rank

43 Grad Rank

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New York University

NCAA Division 3

$56,500 Tuition

$39,565 Avg. Cost After Aid

360 Favorites

88 General Rank

37 Grad Rank

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California Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$58,680 Tuition

$29,279 Avg. Cost After Aid

121 Favorites

39 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$56,686 Tuition

$9,170 Avg. Cost After Aid

101 Favorites

8 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

$58,322 Tuition

$16,925 Avg. Cost After Aid

124 Favorites

23 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$58,111 Tuition

$20,114 Avg. Cost After Aid

162 Favorites

40 General Rank

14 Grad Rank

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Swarthmore College

NCAA Division 3

$56,056 Tuition

$20,780 Avg. Cost After Aid

124 Favorites

15 General Rank

4 Grad Rank

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Washington & Lee University

NCAA Division 3

$59,380 Tuition

$27,417 Avg. Cost After Aid

120 Favorites

51 General Rank

9 Grad Rank

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University of California - Santa Cruz

NCAA Division 3

$43,824 Tuition

$18,828 Avg. Cost After Aid

304 Favorites

216 General Rank

76 Grad Rank

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Case Western Reserve University

NCAA Division 3

$54,532 Tuition

$37,702 Avg. Cost After Aid

152 Favorites

145 General Rank

50 Grad Rank

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Middlebury College

NCAA Division 3

$59,770 Tuition

$29,047 Avg. Cost After Aid

116 Favorites

49 General Rank

22 Grad Rank

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Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

$62,049 Tuition

$26,080 Avg. Cost After Aid

112 Favorites

70 General Rank

23 Grad Rank

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Hamilton College

NCAA Division 3

$59,970 Tuition

$26,296 Avg. Cost After Aid

146 Favorites

62 General Rank

20 Grad Rank

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - RPI

NCAA Division 3

$58,526 Tuition

$31,456 Avg. Cost After Aid

90 Favorites

162 General Rank

51 Grad Rank

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Colby College

NCAA Division 3

$61,220 Tuition

$17,739 Avg. Cost After Aid

95 Favorites

84 General Rank

39 Grad Rank

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Brandeis University

NCAA Division 3

$60,006 Tuition

$29,959 Avg. Cost After Aid

129 Favorites

144 General Rank

30 Grad Rank

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Bates College

NCAA Division 3

$59,062 Tuition

$26,560 Avg. Cost After Aid

78 Favorites

87 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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Chapman University

NCAA Division 3

$58,634 Tuition

$39,047 Avg. Cost After Aid

344 Favorites

279 General Rank

69 Grad Rank

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Trinity University - Texas

NCAA Division 3

$47,392 Tuition

$18,637 Avg. Cost After Aid

190 Favorites

169 General Rank

70 Grad Rank

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Vassar College

NCAA Division 3

$62,870 Tuition

$35,236 Avg. Cost After Aid

147 Favorites

58 General Rank

15 Grad Rank

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University of Texas at Dallas

NCAA Division 3

$39,776 Tuition

$17,033 Avg. Cost After Aid

262 Favorites

317 General Rank

137 Grad Rank

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Colorado College

NCAA Division 3

$62,070 Tuition

$26,705 Avg. Cost After Aid

223 Favorites

96 General Rank

44 Grad Rank

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Grinnell College

NCAA Division 3

$58,648 Tuition

$28,610 Avg. Cost After Aid

75 Favorites

61 General Rank

36 Grad Rank

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Trinity College - Connecticut

NCAA Division 3

$61,370 Tuition

$32,036 Avg. Cost After Aid

91 Favorites

133 General Rank

46 Grad Rank

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Dickinson College

NCAA Division 3

$58,733 Tuition

$15,554 Avg. Cost After Aid

141 Favorites

158 General Rank

56 Grad Rank

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University of La Verne

NCAA Division 3

$45,850 Tuition

$21,605 Avg. Cost After Aid

136 Favorites

316 General Rank

154 Grad Rank

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Carleton College

NCAA Division 3

$60,225 Tuition

$31,800 Avg. Cost After Aid

42 Favorites

25 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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Haverford College

NCAA Division 3

$61,210 Tuition

$29,138 Avg. Cost After Aid

132 Favorites

68 General Rank

25 Grad Rank

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Occidental College

NCAA Division 3

$58,426 Tuition

$29,663 Avg. Cost After Aid

140 Favorites

122 General Rank

53 Grad Rank

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Franklin & Marshall College

NCAA Division 3

$63,406 Tuition

$30,182 Avg. Cost After Aid

171 Favorites

128 General Rank

54 Grad Rank

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

NCAA Division 3

$55,731 Tuition

$45,005 Avg. Cost After Aid

83 Favorites

187 General Rank

33 Grad Rank

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Southwestern University

NCAA Division 3

$47,000 Tuition

$25,451 Avg. Cost After Aid

120 Favorites

223 General Rank

110 Grad Rank

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Wheaton College - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$40,820 Tuition

$25,287 Avg. Cost After Aid

144 Favorites

184 General Rank

29 Grad Rank

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Montclair State University

NCAA Division 3

$21,418 Tuition

$13,705 Avg. Cost After Aid

101 Favorites

356 General Rank

178 Grad Rank

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Gettysburg College

NCAA Division 3

$59,960 Tuition

$26,853 Avg. Cost After Aid

96 Favorites

175 General Rank

58 Grad Rank

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Rochester Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$52,756 Tuition

$30,765 Avg. Cost After Aid

98 Favorites

259 General Rank

157 Grad Rank

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Denison University

NCAA Division 3

$57,500 Tuition

$32,002 Avg. Cost After Aid

73 Favorites

127 General Rank

61 Grad Rank

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Stevens Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$56,920 Tuition

$36,674 Avg. Cost After Aid

76 Favorites

215 General Rank

32 Grad Rank

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Centre College

NCAA Division 3

$46,000 Tuition

$20,610 Avg. Cost After Aid

72 Favorites

166 General Rank

41 Grad Rank

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California Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

$46,012 Tuition

$21,442 Avg. Cost After Aid

144 Favorites

24 General Rank

108 Grad Rank

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University of Puget Sound

NCAA Division 3

$55,670 Tuition

$23,215 Avg. Cost After Aid

129 Favorites

221 General Rank

105 Grad Rank

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Wellesley College

NCAA Division 3

$60,752 Tuition

$21,561 Avg. Cost After Aid

73 Favorites

22 General Rank

17 Grad Rank

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Rhodes College

NCAA Division 3

$50,910 Tuition

$27,647 Avg. Cost After Aid

97 Favorites

168 General Rank

45 Grad Rank

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Illinois Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$50,490 Tuition

$22,166 Avg. Cost After Aid

104 Favorites

288 General Rank

139 Grad Rank

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Oberlin College

NCAA Division 3

$60,240 Tuition

$34,498 Avg. Cost After Aid

182 Favorites

131 General Rank

57 Grad Rank

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Clarkson University

NCAA Division 3

$54,370 Tuition

$31,339 Avg. Cost After Aid

66 Favorites

286 General Rank

91 Grad Rank

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Macalester College

NCAA Division 3

$60,518 Tuition

$23,188 Avg. Cost After Aid

114 Favorites

98 General Rank

27 Grad Rank

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The College of New Jersey

NCAA Division 3

$29,594 Tuition

$17,138 Avg. Cost After Aid

59 Favorites

17 General Rank

35 Grad Rank

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DePauw University

NCAA Division 3

$53,896 Tuition

$22,469 Avg. Cost After Aid

137 Favorites

147 General Rank

55 Grad Rank

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Berry College

NCAA Division 3

$38,656 Tuition

$21,980 Avg. Cost After Aid

115 Favorites

6 General Rank

129 Grad Rank

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Ithaca College

NCAA Division 3

$46,760 Tuition

$33,748 Avg. Cost After Aid

152 Favorites

54 General Rank

80 Grad Rank

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Union College - New York

NCAA Division 3

$61,659 Tuition

$34,163 Avg. Cost After Aid

51 Favorites

156 General Rank

49 Grad Rank

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University of Redlands

NCAA Division 3

$54,066 Tuition

$20,152 Avg. Cost After Aid

113 Favorites

20 General Rank

152 Grad Rank

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Knox College

NCAA Division 3

$51,576 Tuition

$23,285 Avg. Cost After Aid

34 Favorites

195 General Rank

94 Grad Rank

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Sewanee - The University of the South

NCAA Division 3

$49,418 Tuition

$27,958 Avg. Cost After Aid

52 Favorites

163 General Rank

67 Grad Rank

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Christopher Newport University

NCAA Division 3

$27,790 Tuition

$25,031 Avg. Cost After Aid

106 Favorites

16 General Rank

98 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

NCAA Division 3

$18,014 Tuition

$14,839 Avg. Cost After Aid

125 Favorites

377 General Rank

116 Grad Rank

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Pacific University

NCAA Division 3

$50,070 Tuition

$34,063 Avg. Cost After Aid

143 Favorites

359 General Rank

142 Grad Rank

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United States Coast Guard Academy

NCAA Division 3

$10,734 Tuition

$4,730 Avg. Cost After Aid

35 Favorites

1 General Rank

18 Grad Rank

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Skidmore College

NCAA Division 3

$60,302 Tuition

$31,730 Avg. Cost After Aid

86 Favorites

132 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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Hendrix College

NCAA Division 3

$33,350 Tuition

$10,299 Avg. Cost After Aid

76 Favorites

252 General Rank

119 Grad Rank

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Clark University

NCAA Division 3

$50,302 Tuition

$28,102 Avg. Cost After Aid

71 Favorites

244 General Rank

71 Grad Rank

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Augustana College - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$46,189 Tuition

$23,538 Avg. Cost After Aid

94 Favorites

238 General Rank

74 Grad Rank

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St. Lawrence University

NCAA Division 3

$60,220 Tuition

$28,020 Avg. Cost After Aid

42 Favorites

192 General Rank

60 Grad Rank

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Endicott College

NCAA Division 3

$36,614 Tuition

$36,594 Avg. Cost After Aid

78 Favorites

99 General Rank

78 Grad Rank

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Kenyon College

NCAA Division 3

$63,310 Tuition

$33,706 Avg. Cost After Aid

51 Favorites

113 General Rank

40 Grad Rank

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Rutgers University - Newark

NCAA Division 3

$32,409 Tuition

$12,807 Avg. Cost After Aid

78 Favorites

273 General Rank

197 Grad Rank

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University of Lynchburg

NCAA Division 3

$33,500 Tuition

$24,265 Avg. Cost After Aid

90 Favorites

365 General Rank

184 Grad Rank

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Grove City College

NCAA Division 3

$19,310 Tuition

$21,724 Avg. Cost After Aid

76 Favorites

18 General Rank

31 Grad Rank

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Berea College

NCAA Division 3

$43,612 Tuition

$3,442 Avg. Cost After Aid

60 Favorites

90 General Rank

192 Grad Rank

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University of Dallas

NCAA Division 3

$46,864 Tuition

$20,636 Avg. Cost After Aid

325 Favorites

29 General Rank

134 Grad Rank

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Salisbury University

NCAA Division 3

$20,458 Tuition

$18,706 Avg. Cost After Aid

78 Favorites

182 General Rank

130 Grad Rank

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Smith College

NCAA Division 3

$56,114 Tuition

$29,814 Avg. Cost After Aid

79 Favorites

57 General Rank

24 Grad Rank

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Rutgers University - Camden

NCAA Division 3

$32,299 Tuition

$12,755 Avg. Cost After Aid

65 Favorites

289 General Rank

141 Grad Rank

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Rowan University

NCAA Division 3

$23,408 Tuition

$22,978 Avg. Cost After Aid

67 Favorites

360 General Rank

160 Grad Rank

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Pacific Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

$48,226 Tuition

$21,023 Avg. Cost After Aid

127 Favorites

50 General Rank

153 Grad Rank

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Calvin University

NCAA Division 3

$38,240 Tuition

$26,281 Avg. Cost After Aid

105 Favorites

12 General Rank

79 Grad Rank

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Springfield College

NCAA Division 3

$40,480 Tuition

$27,837 Avg. Cost After Aid

83 Favorites

361 General Rank

114 Grad Rank

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Wilkes University

NCAA Division 3

$39,914 Tuition

$29,807 Avg. Cost After Aid

57 Favorites

375 General Rank

240 Grad Rank

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John Carroll University

NCAA Division 3

$45,514 Tuition

$29,172 Avg. Cost After Aid

66 Favorites

4 General Rank

90 Grad Rank

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Connecticut College

NCAA Division 3

$60,795 Tuition

$31,814 Avg. Cost After Aid

80 Favorites

167 General Rank

64 Grad Rank

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Whitworth University

NCAA Division 3

$47,590 Tuition

$25,823 Avg. Cost After Aid

99 Favorites

11 General Rank

93 Grad Rank

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St. John Fisher College

NCAA Division 3

$36,352 Tuition

$26,720 Avg. Cost After Aid

103 Favorites

362 General Rank

117 Grad Rank

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Whitman College

NCAA Division 3

$55,982 Tuition

$30,694 Avg. Cost After Aid

100 Favorites

157 General Rank

28 Grad Rank

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St. Olaf College

NCAA Division 3

$52,670 Tuition

$22,278 Avg. Cost After Aid

56 Favorites

183 General Rank

47 Grad Rank

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Baldwin Wallace University

NCAA Division 3

$35,966 Tuition

$26,072 Avg. Cost After Aid

96 Favorites

35 General Rank

185 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

NCAA Division 3

$16,602 Tuition

$14,856 Avg. Cost After Aid

168 Favorites

148 General Rank

215 Grad Rank

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Whittier College

NCAA Division 3

$49,514 Tuition

$19,774 Avg. Cost After Aid

127 Favorites

263 General Rank

213 Grad Rank

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Muhlenberg College

NCAA Division 3

$55,830 Tuition

$26,983 Avg. Cost After Aid

43 Favorites

207 General Rank

59 Grad Rank

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Hope College

NCAA Division 3

$36,650 Tuition

$26,700 Avg. Cost After Aid

140 Favorites

254 General Rank

65 Grad Rank

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College of Wooster

NCAA Division 3

$55,500 Tuition

$22,852 Avg. Cost After Aid

120 Favorites

205 General Rank

82 Grad Rank

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