Best Division 3 Men’s Basketball Colleges

Best D3 Men’s Basketball Schools

NCSA analyzed over 426 four-year colleges with men’s college basketball programs at the NCAA Division 3 level to develop a list of the Best Division 3 Men’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 over 3 million 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

$53,790 Tuition

$16,636 Avg. Cost After Aid

418 Favorites

1 General Rank

9 Grad Rank

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Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

$58,640 Tuition

$18,524 Avg. Cost After Aid

452 Favorites

47 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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Swarthmore College

NCAA Division 3

$54,656 Tuition

$19,184 Avg. Cost After Aid

478 Favorites

47 General Rank

22 Grad Rank

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Emory University

NCAA Division 3

$53,804 Tuition

$23,734 Avg. Cost After Aid

629 Favorites

19 General Rank

50 Grad Rank

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Williams College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$19,480 Avg. Cost After Aid

446 Favorites

47 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

$60,552 Tuition

$27,315 Avg. Cost After Aid

488 Favorites

5 General Rank

14 Grad Rank

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Johns Hopkins University

NCAA Division 3

$55,350 Tuition

$29,342 Avg. Cost After Aid

539 Favorites

8 General Rank

30 Grad Rank

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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$54,762 Tuition

$17,458 Avg. Cost After Aid

356 Favorites

51 General Rank

26 Grad Rank

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Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

$55,292 Tuition

$26,869 Avg. Cost After Aid

449 Favorites

13 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

$56,350 Tuition

$21,910 Avg. Cost After Aid

372 Favorites

51 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

$57,119 Tuition

$34,508 Avg. Cost After Aid

491 Favorites

25 General Rank

47 Grad Rank

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California Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$54,600 Tuition

$24,274 Avg. Cost After Aid

354 Favorites

8 General Rank

25 Grad Rank

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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$56,475 Tuition

$22,161 Avg. Cost After Aid

367 Favorites

60 General Rank

40 Grad Rank

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Colby College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$17,777 Avg. Cost After Aid

323 Favorites

71 General Rank

60 Grad Rank

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Hamilton College

NCAA Division 3

$56,530 Tuition

$25,440 Avg. Cost After Aid

396 Favorites

68 General Rank

27 Grad Rank

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University of Rochester

NCAA Division 3

$56,030 Tuition

$29,522 Avg. Cost After Aid

427 Favorites

34 General Rank

70 Grad Rank

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Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

$58,578 Tuition

$30,744 Avg. Cost After Aid

352 Favorites

28 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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Wheaton College - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$37,700 Tuition

$25,358 Avg. Cost After Aid

478 Favorites

177 General Rank

61 Grad Rank

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Trinity University - Texas

NCAA Division 3

$44,680 Tuition

$24,669 Avg. Cost After Aid

630 Favorites

132 General Rank

200 Grad Rank

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Washington & Lee University

NCAA Division 3

$54,830 Tuition

$22,615 Avg. Cost After Aid

296 Favorites

63 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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Denison University

NCAA Division 3

$53,830 Tuition

$28,614 Avg. Cost After Aid

505 Favorites

112 General Rank

127 Grad Rank

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New York University

NCAA Division 3

$53,308 Tuition

$39,772 Avg. Cost After Aid

394 Favorites

28 General Rank

91 Grad Rank

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Macalester College

NCAA Division 3

$56,292 Tuition

$28,426 Avg. Cost After Aid

329 Favorites

86 General Rank

43 Grad Rank

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Case Western Reserve University

NCAA Division 3

$50,924 Tuition

$35,428 Avg. Cost After Aid

353 Favorites

42 General Rank

97 Grad Rank

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University of California - Santa Cruz

NCAA Division 3

$43,745 Tuition

$18,186 Avg. Cost After Aid

475 Favorites

249 General Rank

223 Grad Rank

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Brandeis University

NCAA Division 3

$57,561 Tuition

$31,165 Avg. Cost After Aid

309 Favorites

42 General Rank

72 Grad Rank

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Grinnell College

NCAA Division 3

$54,354 Tuition

$22,486 Avg. Cost After Aid

251 Favorites

68 General Rank

63 Grad Rank

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Ramapo College of New Jersey

NCAA Division 3

$24,229 Tuition

$21,729 Avg. Cost After Aid

809 Favorites

301 General Rank

276 Grad Rank

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Bard College

NCAA Division 3

$56,036 Tuition

$24,660 Avg. Cost After Aid

487 Favorites

201 General Rank

190 Grad Rank

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Haverford College

NCAA Division 3

$56,952 Tuition

$22,991 Avg. Cost After Aid

237 Favorites

71 General Rank

56 Grad Rank

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Colorado College

NCAA Division 3

$58,086 Tuition

$26,753 Avg. Cost After Aid

302 Favorites

86 General Rank

111 Grad Rank

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Middlebury College

NCAA Division 3

$56,216 Tuition

$25,656 Avg. Cost After Aid

224 Favorites

60 General Rank

31 Grad Rank

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Vassar College

NCAA Division 3

$58,770 Tuition

$26,208 Avg. Cost After Aid

235 Favorites

79 General Rank

41 Grad Rank

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University of Dallas

NCAA Division 3

$42,680 Tuition

$21,655 Avg. Cost After Aid

390 Favorites

145 General Rank

283 Grad Rank

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DePauw University

NCAA Division 3

$51,146 Tuition

$23,078 Avg. Cost After Aid

255 Favorites

115 General Rank

100 Grad Rank

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Occidental College

NCAA Division 3

$56,576 Tuition

$29,638 Avg. Cost After Aid

280 Favorites

112 General Rank

81 Grad Rank

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Kalamazoo College

NCAA Division 3

$50,562 Tuition

$22,808 Avg. Cost After Aid

330 Favorites

263 General Rank

85 Grad Rank

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St. Mary's College of Maryland

NCAA Division 3

$31,200 Tuition

$19,369 Avg. Cost After Aid

462 Favorites

359 General Rank

198 Grad Rank

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Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

$57,334 Tuition

$26,527 Avg. Cost After Aid

207 Favorites

71 General Rank

35 Grad Rank

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The College of New Jersey

NCAA Division 3

$28,901 Tuition

$27,541 Avg. Cost After Aid

277 Favorites

145 General Rank

83 Grad Rank

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Dominican University - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$34,420 Tuition

$19,268 Avg. Cost After Aid

572 Favorites

179 General Rank

481 Grad Rank

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Franklin & Marshall College

NCAA Division 3

$58,800 Tuition

$30,281 Avg. Cost After Aid

245 Favorites

112 General Rank

89 Grad Rank

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Messiah University

NCAA Division 3

$36,120 Tuition

$28,141 Avg. Cost After Aid

365 Favorites

238 General Rank

161 Grad Rank

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Dickinson College

NCAA Division 3

$56,523 Tuition

$29,452 Avg. Cost After Aid

260 Favorites

128 General Rank

114 Grad Rank

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University of Redlands

NCAA Division 3

$50,980 Tuition

$27,958 Avg. Cost After Aid

320 Favorites

145 General Rank

210 Grad Rank

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

NCAA Division 3

$52,320 Tuition

$39,756 Avg. Cost After Aid

218 Favorites

81 General Rank

58 Grad Rank

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Berea College

NCAA Division 3

$44,700 Tuition

$5,184 Avg. Cost After Aid

219 Favorites

96 General Rank

366 Grad Rank

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Knox College

NCAA Division 3

$48,168 Tuition

$22,292 Avg. Cost After Aid

400 Favorites

299 General Rank

240 Grad Rank

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Gettysburg College

NCAA Division 3

$56,390 Tuition

$26,513 Avg. Cost After Aid

262 Favorites

143 General Rank

154 Grad Rank

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Elmhurst University

NCAA Division 3

$37,754 Tuition

$21,485 Avg. Cost After Aid

346 Favorites

208 General Rank

305 Grad Rank

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Best NCAA Division 3 Men’s Basketball Colleges

Best D3 Men’s Basketball Schools

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