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These schools have the top 'on time' graduation rates in the U.S.

Travel Institute of the Pacific has the best 'on time' graduation rates in the state, according to an analysis of federal data.

Analysis: Which college baseball program grossed the most in the U.S.

University of Hawaii at Manoa tops the list of highest grossing college baseball programs nationwide in 2016

Analysis: Which college volleyball program grossed the most in the U.S.

University of Hawaii at Manoa tops the list of highest grossing college volleyball programs in the state in 2016

Analysis: Which college football program grossed the most in the U.S.

University of Hawaii at Manoa tops the list of highest grossing college football programs nationwide in 2016

Analysis: Which college golf program grossed the most in the U.S.

University of Hawaii at Hilo and University of Hawaii at Manoa top the list of highest grossing men's college golf programs nationwide in 2016

Analysis: College athletics grossed $31,832 per athlete in 2016

University of Georgia grossed $352,349 per athlete in 2016 – the highest of all athletic programs that year, followed by University of Texas at Austin ($346,947 per athlete) and Louisiana State University ($315,988 per athlete), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Analysis: College sports raked in $18.1 billion in 2016

University of Texas at Austin grossed $207 million in 2016, making it the highest-grossing college sports program that year, followed by Ohio State University ($176 million) and University of Alabama ($174 million), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Analysis: College women's basketball grosses $903 million

Stanford women's basketball tops the list of highest grossing programs with more than $21 million – or $1.5 million per athlete – in 2016, followed by UConn ($9 million), Baylor ($7.6 million), Florida State ($7 million) and Vanderbilt ($5.2 million), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Analysis: College men's basketball grosses $2 billion

Though excluded from the NCAA tournament, University of Louisville men's basketball tops the list of highest grossing programs with nearly $44 million – or $2.9 million per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.