Best Division 1 Women’s Track and Field Colleges

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There are over 300 four-year colleges with women’s track and field programs at the NCAA Division 1 level. This list includes colleges that offer Track and Field and Cross Country, only Track and Field or only Cross Country. The best colleges list is based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 77,500 women’s track and field recruits on the NCSA recruiting network, U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges, and IPEDS graduation rate data (more on NCSA Power Rankings methodology).

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1

Duke University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

718

General Rank:

9

Grad Rank:

10

2

Stanford University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

726

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

18

3

Columbia University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

470

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

8

4

Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

401

General Rank:

2

Grad Rank:

1

5

Yale University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

370

General Rank:

3

Grad Rank:

3

6

Princeton University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

307

General Rank:

1

Grad Rank:

2

7

Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

440

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

21

8

University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

365

General Rank:

18

Grad Rank:

4

9

University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

848

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

37

10

University of Pennsylvania - Penn

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

313

General Rank:

8

Grad Rank:

7

11

University of Southern California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

631

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

30

12

University of California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

540

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

37

13

Brown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

278

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

5

14

Vanderbilt University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

309

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

33

15

Rice University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

340

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

42

16

University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

469

General Rank:

39

Grad Rank:

46

17

Georgetown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

264

General Rank:

22

Grad Rank:

16

18

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

520

General Rank:

51

Grad Rank:

44

19

University of Virginia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

293

General Rank:

34

Grad Rank:

24

20

Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

231

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

15

21

Northwestern University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

199

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

26

22

Boston College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

268

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

29

23

University of Florida

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

770

General Rank:

82

Grad Rank:

75

24

Wake Forest University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

253

General Rank:

38

Grad Rank:

56

25

Villanova University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

305

General Rank:

91

Grad Rank:

43

26

Boston University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

377

General Rank:

73

Grad Rank:

88

27

Penn State

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

532

General Rank:

99

Grad Rank:

83

28

University of Georgia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

612

General Rank:

108

Grad Rank:

89

29

University of California - Irvine

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

257

General Rank:

82

Grad Rank:

57

30

Georgia Tech

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

295

General Rank:

67

Grad Rank:

95

31

University of Miami

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

663

General Rank:

91

Grad Rank:

129

32

University of California - Davis

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

308

General Rank:

91

Grad Rank:

85

33

College of William & Mary

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

185

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

45

34

Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

557

General Rank:

108

Grad Rank:

112

35

Lehigh University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

254

General Rank:

91

Grad Rank:

63

36

University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

292

General Rank:

91

Grad Rank:

93

37

Davidson College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

130

General Rank:

36

Grad Rank:

23

38

University of Illinois

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

278

General Rank:

99

Grad Rank:

91

39

University of Washington

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

324

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

102

40

University of California - Santa Barbara

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

295

General Rank:

73

Grad Rank:

135

41

Pepperdine University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

270

General Rank:

91

Grad Rank:

103

42

Bucknell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

174

General Rank:

80

Grad Rank:

47

43

University of Texas - Austin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

606

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

151

44

Colgate University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

125

General Rank:

40

Grad Rank:

50

45

Clemson University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

587

General Rank:

137

Grad Rank:

137

46

University of Maryland

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

235

General Rank:

126

Grad Rank:

78

47

University of Richmond

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

140

General Rank:

59

Grad Rank:

61

48

Texas A&M University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

850

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

164

49

Northeastern University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

179

General Rank:

77

Grad Rank:

100

50

Virginia Tech

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

282

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

107

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Best NCAA Division 1 Women’s Track and Field Colleges

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