Best D2 schools in South Carolina

$23,628 Avg Tuition & Fees*

27% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

When it comes to choosing a college, student athletes have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 II Men's Football in South Carolina ranking is part of that endeavor.

We analyzed 4 colleges and universities across South Carolina to determine which were the best for D2 Men's Football athletes in South Carolina. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, the school's athletic competitiveness, and the amount of athletic aid per student - to make this determination. Having a great sports team is not enough - the school must also focus on academic excellence.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

Benedict College tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Men’s Football athletes in South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 154 students in 2020-2021.

Benedict College brought in $1,042,267 while tallying up $932,296 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Football team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $109,971 for the sports team.

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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Newberry College. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Newberry College is located in Newberry, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 278 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Speaking financially, the D2 Men’s Football team at Newberry College took home $1,609,391 in revenue.

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Out of the 4 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Greenville University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Tigerville, South Carolina, and it awarded 404 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

North Greenville brought in $1,544,350 while tallying up $1,441,127 in expenses for its D2 Men’s Football team. That boils down to a yearly profit of $103,223 for the sports team.

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Out of the 4 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Limestone College landed the #4 spot on the list. Limestone College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Gaffney, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 408 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Football team at Limestone College made $1,757,589 in revenue.

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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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