Best NCAA Division 3 Colleges

NCSA Power Rankings looked at over 400 NCAA Division 3 college athletic programs. The best colleges list is based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 2 million student-athletes 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

Johns Hopkins University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

7369

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

20

2

Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

5611

General Rank:

21

Grad Rank:

9

3

University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4607

General Rank:

3

Grad Rank:

36

4

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4292

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

34

5

Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4656

General Rank:

50

Grad Rank:

22

6

Williams College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3933

General Rank:

18

Grad Rank:

6

7

Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4394

General Rank:

34

Grad Rank:

60

8

Emory University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3997

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

52

9

Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3405

General Rank:

18

Grad Rank:

28

10

New York University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4368

General Rank:

51

Grad Rank:

105

11

Trinity University - Texas

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4461

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

120

12

Washington & Lee University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3277

General Rank:

36

Grad Rank:

39

13

Hamilton College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3173

General Rank:

47

Grad Rank:

32

14

Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2860

General Rank:

27

Grad Rank:

14

15

Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2784

General Rank:

23

Grad Rank:

27

16

Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2847

General Rank:

48

Grad Rank:

13

17

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2785

General Rank:

32

Grad Rank:

31

18

Chapman University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

5132

General Rank:

163

Grad Rank:

158

19

University of Rochester

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2945

General Rank:

68

Grad Rank:

55

20

Middlebury College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2346

General Rank:

26

Grad Rank:

12

21

Bates College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2701

General Rank:

59

Grad Rank:

62

22

Case Western Reserve University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3387

General Rank:

74

Grad Rank:

142

23

Colby College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2287

General Rank:

40

Grad Rank:

19

24

Oberlin College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2578

General Rank:

63

Grad Rank:

64

25

Franklin & Marshall College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2859

General Rank:

98

Grad Rank:

72

26

California Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2184

General Rank:

10

Grad Rank:

40

27

Occidental College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2755

General Rank:

108

Grad Rank:

65

28

Trinity College - Connecticut

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2691

General Rank:

108

Grad Rank:

81

29

Swarthmore College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1858

General Rank:

23

Grad Rank:

17

30

Gettysburg College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2603

General Rank:

122

Grad Rank:

106

31

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - RPI

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2517

General Rank:

83

Grad Rank:

135

32

Rhodes College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2692

General Rank:

134

Grad Rank:

122

33

Ithaca College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3000

General Rank:

119

Grad Rank:

197

34

Denison University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2633

General Rank:

122

Grad Rank:

150

35

University of California - Santa Cruz

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3190

General Rank:

183

Grad Rank:

172

36

Wheaton College - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2320

General Rank:

170

Grad Rank:

53

37

Vassar College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1681

General Rank:

42

Grad Rank:

41

38

Kenyon College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1893

General Rank:

65

Grad Rank:

67

39

Austin College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4383

General Rank:

271

Grad Rank:

233

40

Union College - New York

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1972

General Rank:

89

Grad Rank:

58

41

Carleton College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1456

General Rank:

32

Grad Rank:

11

42

DePauw University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2434

General Rank:

143

Grad Rank:

126

43

Centre College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2101

General Rank:

122

Grad Rank:

77

44

Dickinson College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2209

General Rank:

134

Grad Rank:

98

45

College of Wooster

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2334

General Rank:

170

Grad Rank:

125

46

Grinnell College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1569

General Rank:

45

Grad Rank:

83

47

University of Puget Sound

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2691

General Rank:

194

Grad Rank:

173

48

Southwestern University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3636

General Rank:

290

Grad Rank:

210

49

Haverford College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1362

General Rank:

45

Grad Rank:

48

50

Beloit College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2489

General Rank:

212

Grad Rank:

128

51

St. Lawrence University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1976

General Rank:

158

Grad Rank:

73

52

Brandeis University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1538

General Rank:

68

Grad Rank:

76

53

Sewanee - The University of the South

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2132

General Rank:

104

Grad Rank:

178

54

Augustana College - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3485

General Rank:

312

Grad Rank:

196

55

Allegheny College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2926

General Rank:

224

Grad Rank:

211

56

University of Redlands

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3243

General Rank:

230

Grad Rank:

251

57

Berry College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4029

General Rank:

160

Grad Rank:

428

58

Macalester College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1215

General Rank:

63

Grad Rank:

51

59

The College of New Jersey

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1510

General Rank:

90

Grad Rank:

99

60

Lewis & Clark College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2840

General Rank:

212

Grad Rank:

250

61

Christopher Newport University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2922

General Rank:

189

Grad Rank:

295

62

Ohio Northern University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3489

General Rank:

269

Grad Rank:

305

63

Illinois Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1987

General Rank:

200

Grad Rank:

116

64

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1546

General Rank:

128

Grad Rank:

95

65

John Carroll University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2261

General Rank:

141

Grad Rank:

247

66

Skidmore College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1326

General Rank:

105

Grad Rank:

79

67

Baldwin Wallace University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3748

General Rank:

259

Grad Rank:

357

68

Clark University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1791

General Rank:

183

Grad Rank:

118

69

Willamette University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2126

General Rank:

224

Grad Rank:

154

70

Wellesley College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

651

General Rank:

23

Grad Rank:

25

71

United States Coast Guard Academy

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1652

General Rank:

199

Grad Rank:

87

72

University of Scranton

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1462

General Rank:

102

Grad Rank:

147

73

Kalamazoo College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1710

General Rank:

212

Grad Rank:

111

74

California Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3612

General Rank:

280

Grad Rank:

374

75

Knox College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1986

General Rank:

200

Grad Rank:

183

76

Connecticut College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1305

General Rank:

122

Grad Rank:

110

77

St. Olaf College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1241

General Rank:

148

Grad Rank:

70

78

Bard College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1560

General Rank:

121

Grad Rank:

174

79

Muhlenberg College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1482

General Rank:

200

Grad Rank:

85

80

Bethel University - Minnesota

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2216

General Rank:

230

Grad Rank:

217

81

Whitman College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

969

General Rank:

106

Grad Rank:

68

82

Hope College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2562

General Rank:

332

Grad Rank:

194

83

Emerson College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1325

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

149

84

Hobart & William Smith Colleges

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1487

General Rank:

181

Grad Rank:

134

85

Smith College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

626

General Rank:

42

Grad Rank:

74

86

Whitworth University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1904

General Rank:

205

Grad Rank:

209

87

Endicott College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2912

General Rank:

340

Grad Rank:

273

88

Calvin College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1680

General Rank:

172

Grad Rank:

224

89

Luther College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1795

General Rank:

255

Grad Rank:

181

90

Stevens Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1127

General Rank:

152

Grad Rank:

129

91

Bryn Mawr College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

501

General Rank:

68

Grad Rank:

93

92

University of Dallas

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2187

General Rank:

259

Grad Rank:

294

93

North Central College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2234

General Rank:

220

Grad Rank:

350

94

Hendrix College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2080

General Rank:

212

Grad Rank:

321

95

Albion College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

4160

General Rank:

463

Grad Rank:

388

96

Gustavus Adolphus College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1285

General Rank:

239

Grad Rank:

124

97

Pacific Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2629

General Rank:

319

Grad Rank:

334

98

Ohio Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

2278

General Rank:

312

Grad Rank:

279

99

University of St. Thomas - Minnesota

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

1823

General Rank:

301

Grad Rank:

200

100

Pacific University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

3170

General Rank:

465

Grad Rank:

278

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