Analysis: College women's basketball grosses $903 million

By Higher Education Tribune | Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018 @ 12:01pm

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.

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education compiles athletics data annually from more than 2,000 schools receiving federal financial aid.

More than 1,900 of those schools have women's basketball programs. In all, they grossed more than $900 million in 2016.

Forty-two of the 64 teams in the NCAA tournament are in the top 200 for revenue.

Top 200 women's basketball programs by revenue

	School	State	Division	Women's basketball players	Women's basketball revenue	Revenue per athlete
1	Stanford University	CA	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$21,440,365	$1,531,455
2	University of Connecticut	CT	NCAA Division I-FBS	12	$9,032,881	$752,740
3	Baylor University	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	31	$7,568,184	$244,135
4	Florida State University	FL	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$6,981,167	$465,411
5	Vanderbilt University	TN	NCAA Division I-FBS	27	$5,173,024	$191,593
6	University of Miami	FL	NCAA Division I-FBS	23	$4,836,983	$210,304
7	Mississippi State University	MS	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$4,731,482	$337,963
8	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	NCAA Division I-FBS	30	$4,273,169	$142,439
9	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	NCAA Division I-FBS	26	$4,197,164	$161,429
10	Texas Christian University	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	30	$4,121,114	$137,370
11	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	NCAA Division I-FBS	25	$3,944,384	$157,775
12	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	NCAA Division I-FBS	19	$3,815,579	$200,820
13	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	NCAA Division I-FBS	25	$3,703,885	$148,155
14	Duke University	NC	NCAA Division I-FBS	13	$3,605,428	$277,341
15	Southern Methodist University	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	17	$3,549,466	$208,792
16	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$3,541,721	$252,980
17	Oregon State University	OR	NCAA Division I-FBS	21	$3,519,817	$167,610
18	Gonzaga University	WA	NCAA Division I without football	18	$3,503,396	$194,633
19	Marquette University	WI	NCAA Division I without football	21	$3,431,882	$163,423
20	Temple University	PA	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$3,228,712	$230,622
21	Wake Forest University	NC	NCAA Division I-FBS	20	$3,137,721	$156,886
22	Fordham University	NY	NCAA Division I-FCS	16	$3,061,386	$191,337
23	DePaul University	IL	NCAA Division I without football	14	$3,057,956	$218,425
24	University of Southern California	CA	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$2,960,163	$211,440
25	Seton Hall University	NJ	NCAA Division I without football	17	$2,849,311	$167,607
26	St John's University-New York	NY	NCAA Division I without football	14	$2,843,143	$203,082
27	University of South Florida-Main Campus	FL	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$2,821,037	$188,069
28	Providence College	RI	NCAA Division I without football	26	$2,784,056	$107,079
29	Georgetown University	DC	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$2,761,286	$184,086
30	Villanova University	PA	NCAA Division I-FCS	24	$2,701,148	$112,548
31	Old Dominion University	VA	NCAA Division I-FBS	22	$2,697,171	$122,599
32	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	33	$2,689,305	$81,494
33	East Carolina University	NC	NCAA Division I-FBS	22	$2,613,663	$118,803
34	Saint Joseph's University	PA	NCAA Division I without football	15	$2,611,953	$174,130
35	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	NCAA Division I-FBS	13	$2,609,724	$200,748
36	George Washington University	DC	NCAA Division I without football	13	$2,594,860	$199,605
37	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	NCAA Division I without football	21	$2,590,340	$123,350
38	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$2,585,240	$184,660
39	Quinnipiac University	CT	NCAA Division I without football	16	$2,575,530	$160,971
40	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	NCAA Division I-FBS	16	$2,541,649	$158,853
41	University of San Francisco	CA	NCAA Division I without football	15	$2,483,636	$165,576
42	West Virginia University	WV	NCAA Division I-FBS	33	$2,472,850	$74,935
43	Wichita State University	KS	NCAA Division I without football	23	$2,467,879	$107,299
44	James Madison University	VA	NCAA Division I-FCS	26	$2,432,324	$93,551
45	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	17	$2,428,748	$142,868
46	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$2,406,652	$171,904
47	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	NCAA Division I-FBS	23	$2,370,067	$103,046
48	University of Memphis	TN	NCAA Division I-FBS	12	$2,335,389	$194,616
49	Saint Louis University	MO	NCAA Division I without football	21	$2,301,912	$109,615
50	University of Tulsa	OK	NCAA Division I-FBS	22	$2,300,216	$104,555
51	University of Delaware	DE	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$2,276,155	$162,583
52	San Diego State University	CA	NCAA Division I-FBS	13	$2,255,742	$173,519
53	University of Rhode Island	RI	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$2,253,570	$150,238
54	Rice University	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	20	$2,245,409	$112,270
55	Duquesne University	PA	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$2,236,658	$149,111
56	California State University-Fresno	CA	NCAA Division I-FBS	16	$2,227,702	$139,231
57	University of the Pacific	CA	NCAA Division I without football	14	$2,217,556	$158,397
58	Troy University	AL	NCAA Division I-FBS	16	$2,165,077	$135,317
59	University of Houston	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	16	$2,161,583	$135,099
60	Drexel University	PA	NCAA Division I without football	14	$2,153,980	$153,856
61	University of Richmond	VA	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$2,149,113	$143,274
62	Ball State University	IN	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$2,119,723	$141,315
63	George Mason University	VA	NCAA Division I without football	15	$2,091,400	$139,427
64	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	NCAA Division I-FBS	19	$2,074,980	$109,209
65	University of Toledo	OH	NCAA Division I-FBS	34	$2,069,113	$60,856
66	Santa Clara University	CA	NCAA Division I without football	16	$2,067,991	$129,249
67	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	NCAA Division I-FBS	22	$2,062,898	$93,768
68	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	NCAA Division I-FBS	29	$2,046,234	$70,560
69	University of Central Florida	FL	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$2,044,854	$136,324
70	University of Denver	CO	NCAA Division I without football	15	$2,037,484	$135,832
71	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	NCAA Division I-FBS	12	$2,028,726	$169,061
72	Northeastern University	MA	NCAA Division I without football	13	$2,020,455	$155,420
73	Brigham Young University-Provo	UT	NCAA Division I-FBS	21	$1,986,133	$94,578
74	Hofstra University	NY	NCAA Division I without football	13	$1,927,970	$148,305
75	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	NCAA Division I without football	16	$1,913,198	$119,575
76	Boston University	MA	NCAA Division I without football	21	$1,902,279	$90,585
77	Loyola Marymount University	CA	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,901,671	$135,834
78	Pepperdine University	CA	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,873,651	$124,910
79	Lafayette College	PA	NCAA Division I-FCS	13	$1,845,728	$141,979
80	Utah State University	UT	NCAA Division I-FBS	36	$1,843,933	$51,220
81	Stetson University	FL	NCAA Division I-FCS	19	$1,842,729	$96,986
82	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$1,837,668	$131,262
83	University of San Diego	CA	NCAA Division I-FCS	26	$1,833,417	$70,516
84	Rider University	NJ	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,826,219	$121,748
85	University of North Texas	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$1,809,049	$120,603
86	Syracuse University	NY	NCAA Division I-FBS	19	$1,808,153	$95,166
87	Liberty University	VA	NCAA Division I-FCS	17	$1,801,761	$105,986
88	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	NCAA Division I-FBS	17	$1,791,757	$105,397
89	Creighton University	NE	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,788,900	$119,260
90	Seattle University	WA	NCAA Division I without football	16	$1,778,047	$111,128
91	Radford University	VA	NCAA Division I without football	13	$1,777,885	$136,760
92	Loyola University Maryland	MD	NCAA Division I without football	17	$1,768,849	$104,050
93	Furman University	SC	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$1,726,767	$123,341
94	Siena College	NY	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,726,019	$123,287
95	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$1,725,172	$115,011
96	College of the Holy Cross	MA	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$1,724,617	$123,187
97	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	NCAA Division I-FBS	22	$1,714,933	$77,952
98	Western Kentucky University	KY	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$1,709,659	$122,119
99	Elon University	NC	NCAA Division I-FCS	12	$1,707,578	$142,298
100	Fairfield University	CT	NCAA Division I without football	12	$1,704,537	$142,045
101	Saint Mary's College of California	CA	NCAA Division I without football	13	$1,701,005	$130,847
102	SUNY at Albany	NY	NCAA Division I-FCS	17	$1,685,373	$99,140
103	Bucknell University	PA	NCAA Division I-FCS	23	$1,680,094	$73,048
104	Louisiana Tech University	LA	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$1,674,809	$119,629
105	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,673,511	$111,567
106	Grand Canyon University	AZ	NCAA Division I without football	23	$1,669,745	$72,598
107	Loyola University Chicago	IL	NCAA Division I without football	12	$1,661,595	$138,466
108	Colgate University	NY	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$1,658,607	$118,472
109	Oral Roberts University	OK	NCAA Division I without football	16	$1,656,739	$103,546
110	Miami University-Oxford	OH	NCAA Division I-FBS	28	$1,656,068	$59,145
111	Monmouth University	NJ	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,654,679	$110,312
112	Butler University	IN	Other	12	$1,652,733	$137,728
113	American University	DC	NCAA Division I without football	16	$1,650,501	$103,156
114	Marist College	NY	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$1,648,694	$117,764
115	Belmont University	TN	NCAA Division I without football	23	$1,647,069	$71,612
116	Georgia State University	GA	NCAA Division I-FBS	22	$1,635,321	$74,333
117	Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	NCAA Division I without football	11	$1,624,734	$147,703
118	Illinois State University	IL	NCAA Division I-FCS	13	$1,616,567	$124,351
119	University of California-Davis	CA	NCAA Division I-FCS	20	$1,606,179	$80,309
120	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	NCAA Division I-FBS	13	$1,605,255	$123,481
121	University of North Dakota	ND	NCAA Division I-FCS	19	$1,602,482	$84,341
122	Iona College	NY	NCAA Division I-FCS	22	$1,598,331	$72,651
123	University of Hartford	CT	NCAA Division I without football	12	$1,593,566	$132,797
124	College of Charleston	SC	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,592,601	$113,757
125	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	NCAA Division I-FBS	16	$1,584,857	$99,054
126	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$1,569,908	$104,661
127	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	NCAA Division I-FCS	13	$1,566,309	$120,485
128	Manhattan College	NY	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,559,495	$111,393
129	Lehigh University	PA	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,550,238	$103,349
130	Western Michigan University	MI	NCAA Division I-FBS	17	$1,546,444	$90,967
131	La Salle University	PA	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,546,002	$110,429
132	Mercer University	GA	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$1,545,815	$110,415
133	LIU Brooklyn	NY	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,544,552	$110,325
134	Niagara University	NY	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,540,060	$102,671
135	Drake University	IA	NCAA Division I-FCS	22	$1,540,021	$70,001
136	University of Wyoming	WY	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$1,539,793	$102,653
137	College of William and Mary	VA	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$1,537,529	$109,824
138	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,535,175	$109,655
139	University of California-Irvine	CA	NCAA Division I without football	17	$1,526,335	$89,784
140	University at Buffalo	NY	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$1,518,866	$108,490
141	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	WI	NCAA Division I without football	13	$1,512,854	$116,373
142	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	NCAA Division I without football	16	$1,511,948	$94,497
143	Coastal Carolina University	SC	Other	19	$1,506,885	$79,310
144	Davidson College	NC	NCAA Division I-FCS	11	$1,506,518	$136,956
145	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	NCAA Division I without football	24	$1,506,501	$62,771
146	Lipscomb University	TN	NCAA Division I without football	19	$1,500,739	$78,986
147	Saint Francis University	PA	NCAA Division I-FCS	16	$1,498,820	$93,676
148	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	LA	NCAA Division I-FBS	19	$1,496,863	$78,782
149	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,496,509	$99,767
150	Kent State University at Kent	OH	NCAA Division I-FBS	15	$1,496,096	$99,740
151	San Jose State University	CA	NCAA Division I-FBS	12	$1,495,120	$124,593
152	Jacksonville University	FL	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,488,057	$99,204
153	University of Illinois at Chicago	IL	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,483,023	$98,868
154	University of California-Riverside	CA	NCAA Division I without football	16	$1,481,379	$92,586
155	Northern Illinois University	IL	NCAA Division I-FBS	19	$1,479,356	$77,861
156	Towson University	MD	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,477,223	$98,482
157	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	NCAA Division I-FBS	23	$1,474,287	$64,099
158	University of Notre Dame	IN	NCAA Division I-FBS	11	$1,473,148	$133,923
159	Northern Arizona University	AZ	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,472,663	$98,178
160	Canisius College	NY	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,469,002	$104,929
161	Bryant University	RI	NCAA Division I-FCS	16	$1,467,315	$91,707
162	St Bonaventure University	NY	NCAA Division I without football	22	$1,465,954	$66,634
163	Appalachian State University	NC	NCAA Division I-FBS	17	$1,463,982	$86,117
164	California State University-Long Beach	CA	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,460,202	$104,300
165	University of Portland	OR	NCAA Division I without football	13	$1,447,880	$111,375
166	Bradley University	IL	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,438,412	$95,894
167	University of Evansville	IN	NCAA Division I without football	13	$1,435,970	$110,459
168	Oakland University	MI	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,434,181	$95,612
169	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	NCAA Division I without football	17	$1,431,498	$84,206
170	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,430,374	$95,358
171	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	NCAA Division I-FBS	13	$1,430,297	$110,023
172	Robert Morris University	PA	NCAA Division I-FCS	12	$1,428,012	$119,001
173	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,423,294	$94,886
174	Eastern Michigan University	MI	NCAA Division I-FBS	16	$1,414,297	$88,394
175	University of Southern Mississippi	MS	NCAA Division I-FBS	20	$1,409,970	$70,499
176	Clemson University	SC	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$1,408,594	$100,614
177	Central Michigan University	MI	NCAA Division I-FBS	22	$1,400,552	$63,661
178	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,397,252	$93,150
179	Valparaiso University	IN	NCAA Division I-FCS	20	$1,393,618	$69,681
180	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,390,223	$92,682
181	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,383,842	$92,256
182	Washington State University	WA	NCAA Division I-FBS	35	$1,379,384	$39,411
183	South Dakota State University	SD	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,379,137	$91,942
184	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	NJ	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,378,826	$98,488
185	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	NCAA Division I without football	20	$1,375,033	$68,752
186	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$1,373,321	$98,094
187	University of South Dakota	SD	NCAA Division I-FCS	14	$1,373,070	$98,076
188	Princeton University	NJ	NCAA Division I-FCS	16	$1,369,574	$85,598
189	Sacred Heart University	CT	NCAA Division I-FCS	15	$1,365,462	$91,031
190	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	NM	NCAA Division I-FBS	17	$1,358,879	$79,934
191	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	NCAA Division I-FCS	13	$1,356,305	$104,331
192	Campbell University	NC	NCAA Division I-FCS	13	$1,356,033	$104,310
193	University of Idaho	ID	NCAA Division I-FBS	14	$1,353,458	$96,676
194	Texas State University	TX	NCAA Division I-FBS	19	$1,340,276	$70,541
195	University of Maine	ME	NCAA Division I-FCS	17	$1,332,831	$78,402
196	California State University-Northridge	CA	NCAA Division I without football	14	$1,326,324	$94,737
197	Xavier University	OH	NCAA Division I without football	16	$1,313,028	$82,064
198	High Point University	NC	NCAA Division I without football	15	$1,307,318	$87,155
199	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	NCAA Division I without football	18	$1,307,260	$72,626
200	Eastern Washington University	WA	NCAA Division I-FCS	16	$1,300,850	$81,303

Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education

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