Best Division 1 Women’s Basketball Colleges

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Top Division 1 Women’s Basketball Programs

There are over 300 four-year colleges with women’s basketball programs at the NCAA Division 1 level. The best colleges list is based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 100,000 women’s basketball 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:

1400

General Rank:

9

Grad Rank:

10

2

Stanford University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

771

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

18

3

University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

697

General Rank:

18

Grad Rank:

4

Columbia University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

510

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

8

5

Brown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

452

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

5

6

University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

1079

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

37

7

Yale University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

379

General Rank:

3

Grad Rank:

3

8

Princeton University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

374

General Rank:

1

Grad Rank:

2

9

Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

366

General Rank:

2

Grad Rank:

1

10

University of California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

605

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

37

11

University of Southern California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

540

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

30

12

Vanderbilt University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

470

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

33

13

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

979

General Rank:

51

Grad Rank:

44

14

Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

372

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

21

15

University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

521

General Rank:

39

Grad Rank:

46

16

Northwestern University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

352

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

26

17

University of Pennsylvania - Penn

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

310

General Rank:

8

Grad Rank:

7

18

University of Virginia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

391

General Rank:

34

Grad Rank:

24

19

Wake Forest University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

424

General Rank:

38

Grad Rank:

56

20

Davidson College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

327

General Rank:

36

Grad Rank:

23

21

Rice University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

305

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

42

22

Georgetown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

281

General Rank:

22

Grad Rank:

16

23

University of Florida

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

693

General Rank:

83

Grad Rank:

75

24

Villanova University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

420

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

43

25

Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

242

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

15

26

Georgia Tech

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

477

General Rank:

68

Grad Rank:

95

27

Boston College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

287

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

29

28

University of Georgia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

599

General Rank:

109

Grad Rank:

89

29

Penn State

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

453

General Rank:

99

Grad Rank:

83

30

University of Connecticut

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

996

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

113

31

Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

714

General Rank:

109

Grad Rank:

112

32

University of Miami

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

584

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

129

33

Elon University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

340

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

108

34

College of William & Mary

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

258

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

45

35

University of Maryland

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

437

General Rank:

126

Grad Rank:

78

36

Boston University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

324

General Rank:

74

Grad Rank:

88

37

Bucknell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

278

General Rank:

81

Grad Rank:

47

38

Pepperdine University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

379

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

103

39

University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

365

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

93

40

University of Texas - Austin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

711

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

151

41

University of California - Irvine

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

273

General Rank:

83

Grad Rank:

57

42

University of Washington

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

384

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

102

43

University of Illinois

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

319

General Rank:

99

Grad Rank:

91

44

Clemson University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

687

General Rank:

137

Grad Rank:

137

45

Syracuse University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

483

General Rank:

126

Grad Rank:

131

46

Lehigh University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

267

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

63

47

Gonzaga University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

374

General Rank:

117

Grad Rank:

118

48

University of California - Davis

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

277

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

85

49

Texas A&M University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

909

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

164

50

Butler University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

406

General Rank:

72

Grad Rank:

192

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