Best Division 3 Football Colleges

Best D3 Football Schools

NCSA analyzed over 244 four-year colleges with college football programs at the NCAA Division 3 level to develop a list of the Best Division 3 Football 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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University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

$60,552 Tuition

$27,315 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,249 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

1,209 Favorites

8 General Rank

28 Grad Rank

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT

NCAA Division 3

$53,790 Tuition

$16,636 Avg. Cost After Aid

676 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

775 Favorites

39 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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Washington & Lee University

NCAA Division 3

$54,830 Tuition

$22,615 Avg. Cost After Aid

762 Favorites

52 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$54,762 Tuition

$17,458 Avg. Cost After Aid

557 Favorites

42 General Rank

24 Grad Rank

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Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

$55,292 Tuition

$26,869 Avg. Cost After Aid

591 Favorites

12 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

$57,119 Tuition

$34,508 Avg. Cost After Aid

718 Favorites

23 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

855 Favorites

36 General Rank

78 Grad Rank

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Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

$58,578 Tuition

$30,744 Avg. Cost After Aid

619 Favorites

26 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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Trinity University - Texas

NCAA Division 3

$44,680 Tuition

$24,669 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,166 Favorites

103 General Rank

146 Grad Rank

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Grinnell College

NCAA Division 3

$54,354 Tuition

$22,486 Avg. Cost After Aid

624 Favorites

56 General Rank

55 Grad Rank

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Carleton College

NCAA Division 3

$57,111 Tuition

$31,133 Avg. Cost After Aid

662 Favorites

49 General Rank

32 Grad Rank

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Williams College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$19,480 Avg. Cost After Aid

421 Favorites

39 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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Wheaton College - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$37,700 Tuition

$25,358 Avg. Cost After Aid

746 Favorites

128 General Rank

53 Grad Rank

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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$56,475 Tuition

$22,161 Avg. Cost After Aid

468 Favorites

49 General Rank

37 Grad Rank

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Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

$56,350 Tuition

$21,910 Avg. Cost After Aid

420 Favorites

42 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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Oberlin College

NCAA Division 3

$56,822 Tuition

$34,077 Avg. Cost After Aid

735 Favorites

84 General Rank

64 Grad Rank

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Southwestern University

NCAA Division 3

$43,560 Tuition

$25,470 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,577 Favorites

247 General Rank

224 Grad Rank

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Middlebury College

NCAA Division 3

$56,216 Tuition

$25,656 Avg. Cost After Aid

476 Favorites

49 General Rank

29 Grad Rank

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Hamilton College

NCAA Division 3

$56,530 Tuition

$25,440 Avg. Cost After Aid

469 Favorites

56 General Rank

25 Grad Rank

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Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

$57,334 Tuition

$26,527 Avg. Cost After Aid

494 Favorites

59 General Rank

33 Grad Rank

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University of Rochester

NCAA Division 3

$56,030 Tuition

$29,522 Avg. Cost After Aid

516 Favorites

30 General Rank

60 Grad Rank

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Bates College

NCAA Division 3

$55,683 Tuition

$29,321 Avg. Cost After Aid

546 Favorites

71 General Rank

38 Grad Rank

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Sewanee - The University of the South

NCAA Division 3

$46,472 Tuition

$30,474 Avg. Cost After Aid

772 Favorites

100 General Rank

125 Grad Rank

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Colby College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$17,777 Avg. Cost After Aid

315 Favorites

59 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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Ursinus College

NCAA Division 3

$53,610 Tuition

$28,390 Avg. Cost After Aid

995 Favorites

195 General Rank

110 Grad Rank

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Berry College

NCAA Division 3

$37,246 Tuition

$23,014 Avg. Cost After Aid

951 Favorites

111 General Rank

224 Grad Rank

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University of Puget Sound

NCAA Division 3

$51,740 Tuition

$35,149 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,230 Favorites

195 General Rank

151 Grad Rank

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Trinity College - Connecticut

NCAA Division 3

$59,050 Tuition

$34,460 Avg. Cost After Aid

654 Favorites

91 General Rank

94 Grad Rank

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College of Wooster

NCAA Division 3

$52,000 Tuition

$24,692 Avg. Cost After Aid

836 Favorites

164 General Rank

136 Grad Rank

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University of Redlands

NCAA Division 3

$50,980 Tuition

$27,958 Avg. Cost After Aid

779 Favorites

111 General Rank

153 Grad Rank

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

NCAA Division 3

$52,320 Tuition

$39,756 Avg. Cost After Aid

498 Favorites

67 General Rank

51 Grad Rank

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DePauw University

NCAA Division 3

$51,146 Tuition

$23,078 Avg. Cost After Aid

454 Favorites

91 General Rank

81 Grad Rank

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Centre College

NCAA Division 3

$43,000 Tuition

$22,251 Avg. Cost After Aid

506 Favorites

128 General Rank

85 Grad Rank

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Rhodes College

NCAA Division 3

$49,198 Tuition

$27,540 Avg. Cost After Aid

632 Favorites

109 General Rank

122 Grad Rank

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California Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

$44,382 Tuition

$26,489 Avg. Cost After Aid

999 Favorites

125 General Rank

240 Grad Rank

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Christopher Newport University

NCAA Division 3

$27,790 Tuition

$25,596 Avg. Cost After Aid

620 Favorites

111 General Rank

132 Grad Rank

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Hamline University

NCAA Division 3

$42,774 Tuition

$20,866 Avg. Cost After Aid

764 Favorites

130 General Rank

217 Grad Rank

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Pacific Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

$43,674 Tuition

$23,058 Avg. Cost After Aid

878 Favorites

135 General Rank

229 Grad Rank

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Ithaca College

NCAA Division 3

$45,274 Tuition

$33,465 Avg. Cost After Aid

818 Favorites

130 General Rank

166 Grad Rank

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - RPI

NCAA Division 3

$55,378 Tuition

$35,464 Avg. Cost After Aid

447 Favorites

53 General Rank

76 Grad Rank

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Beloit College

NCAA Division 3

$51,532 Tuition

$11,433 Avg. Cost After Aid

471 Favorites

173 General Rank

164 Grad Rank

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Gettysburg College

NCAA Division 3

$56,390 Tuition

$26,513 Avg. Cost After Aid

553 Favorites

109 General Rank

120 Grad Rank

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Whittier College

NCAA Division 3

$49,514 Tuition

$24,570 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,673 Favorites

331 General Rank

186 Grad Rank

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Augustana College - Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$43,610 Tuition

$23,874 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,088 Favorites

228 General Rank

209 Grad Rank

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Chapman University

NCAA Division 3

$54,924 Tuition

$41,350 Avg. Cost After Aid

854 Favorites

216 General Rank

118 Grad Rank

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John Carroll University

NCAA Division 3

$42,910 Tuition

$25,759 Avg. Cost After Aid

528 Favorites

103 General Rank

150 Grad Rank

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Knox College

NCAA Division 3

$48,168 Tuition

$22,292 Avg. Cost After Aid

678 Favorites

179 General Rank

172 Grad Rank

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Macalester College

NCAA Division 3

$56,292 Tuition

$28,426 Avg. Cost After Aid

247 Favorites

71 General Rank

39 Grad Rank

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