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    Big Sports Culture

    Game days, school spirit, and athletics are central to social life.

    If tailgates and arena energy matter, this identity fits.

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    This identity in numbers

    318

    colleges assigned

    Median average net price
    $17,923
    315 colleges reported
    Median admit rate
    78.6%
    317 colleges reported
    Median graduation rate
    65.7%
    318 colleges reported

    Medians across every college with this identity. Rates on a 0–100% scale. Source: U.S. College Scorecard.

    About this identity

    What “Big Sports Culture” means

    CollegesRef editorial

    Game days, school spirit, and athletics are central to social life. If tailgates and arena energy matter, this identity fits.

    How colleges get this identity

    • NCAA Division I athletics — Athletics division: NCAA Division I
    • Big-time college sports — Editorial tag: Big sports
    • Major athletics program — Editorial tag: Big Athletics
    • Size of the student body — Students: more credit the closer to 50,000, none at 10,000

    Each matching rule adds to a college's score for this identity, using verified federal data. Colleges that score with enough confidence are listed, editors can add or remove colleges, and the list is ordered by editorial picks, score and confidence, never by partner status.

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    Signals behind this list

    D1 athletics
    30 of 30
    Sports tag
    30 of 30
    Enrollment scale
    25 of 30
    Major athletics tag
    11 of 30
    How many of the 30 colleges shown match each signal the rules check. Bars run from 0 to all 30.

    318 colleges

    Colleges with the Big Sports Culture identity

    Ordered by editorial representation, category score and confidence. Never by partner status.

    Bars: admit and graduation rates on a 0–100% scale; net price relative to $43,336, the highest among the 30 colleges shown.

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