Elite 50: Ranking the Nation's Top Women's Golf Programs
In STACK’s women’s golf rankings, we take you beyond wins and losses to reveal what truly makes a college’s golf program great. To come up with our list of the top 10 women’s golf programs, we consider a variety of factors—not just a team’s record, but also academic rankings from U.S. News & World Report and Academic Progress Rates. The result is a list of schools we’d recommend to any female golfer seeking an elite athletic program and a strong education. Learn more about how we arrived at our rankings through the Elite 50 guide, and browse through STACK’s rankings for 20 other sports at the bottom of this page.
STACK’s Top Women’s Golf Programs
| College | Score | ’12 U.S. News Rank | APR [Out of 1,000] | National Ranking ’11/’10/’09 | STACK Factor |
| 1. UCLA | 100 | 25 | 1000 | 1/6/2 | 120 |
| 2. USC | 95.91 | 23 | 1000 | 6/2/3 | 108 |
| 3. Virginia | 84.53 | 25 | 991 | 4/13/8 | 132 |
| 4. Purdue | 71.40 | 62 | 931 | 2/1/10 | 60 |
| 5. Alabama | 71.22 | 75 | 1000 | 8/3/11 | 60 |
| 6. North Carolina | 70.58 | 29 | 1000 | 8/NR/7 | 144 |
| 7. Duke | 66.52 | 10 | 978 | NR/8/6 | 144 |
| 8. Texas A&M | 62.41 | 58 | 974 | 7/11/NR | 144 |
| 9. Vanderbilt | 61.76 | 17 | 1000 | 10/7/NR | 36 |
| 10. Arizona State | 60.50 | 132 | 991 | 17/4/1 | 108 |
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Elite 50: Ranking the Nation's Top Women's Golf Programs
In STACK’s women’s golf rankings, we take you beyond wins and losses to reveal what truly makes a college’s golf program great. To come up with our list of the top 10 women’s golf programs, we consider a variety of factors—not just a team’s record, but also academic rankings from U.S. News & World Report and Academic Progress Rates. The result is a list of schools we’d recommend to any female golfer seeking an elite athletic program and a strong education. Learn more about how we arrived at our rankings through the Elite 50 guide, and browse through STACK’s rankings for 20 other sports at the bottom of this page.
STACK’s Top Women’s Golf Programs
| College | Score | ’12 U.S. News Rank | APR [Out of 1,000] | National Ranking ’11/’10/’09 | STACK Factor |
| 1. UCLA | 100 | 25 | 1000 | 1/6/2 | 120 |
| 2. USC | 95.91 | 23 | 1000 | 6/2/3 | 108 |
| 3. Virginia | 84.53 | 25 | 991 | 4/13/8 | 132 |
| 4. Purdue | 71.40 | 62 | 931 | 2/1/10 | 60 |
| 5. Alabama | 71.22 | 75 | 1000 | 8/3/11 | 60 |
| 6. North Carolina | 70.58 | 29 | 1000 | 8/NR/7 | 144 |
| 7. Duke | 66.52 | 10 | 978 | NR/8/6 | 144 |
| 8. Texas A&M | 62.41 | 58 | 974 | 7/11/NR | 144 |
| 9. Vanderbilt | 61.76 | 17 | 1000 | 10/7/NR | 36 |
| 10. Arizona State | 60.50 | 132 | 991 | 17/4/1 | 108 |
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