West Virginia University men's golf tops the list of highest grossing programs, reporting nearly $2.1 million – or $190,559 per athlete – in 2016, followed by the University of Texas at Austin ($1.5 million) and Baylor University ($1.2 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 1,200 of those schools have men's golf programs. In all, they grossed nearly $173 million in 2016.
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Top 200 Men's Golf Programs by Revenue
| School | State | Division | Total Undergraduates | Men's Golf Team | Men's Golf Revenue | Revenue per athlete |
| West Virginia University | WV | NCAA Division I-FBS | 20,524 | 11 | $2,096,147 | $190,559 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 37,026 | 9 | $1,514,729 | $168,303 |
| Baylor University | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 14,087 | 11 | $1,178,487 | $107,135 |
| Vanderbilt University | TN | NCAA Division I-FBS | 6,808 | 9 | $1,176,414 | $130,713 |
| University of Southern California | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,070 | 11 | $1,081,093 | $98,281 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | NV | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,237 | 9 | $985,362 | $109,485 |
| Florida State University | FL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 29,051 | 11 | $943,378 | $85,762 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 13,321 | 9 | $908,615 | $100,957 |
| Pepperdine University | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 3,220 | 9 | $847,288 | $94,143 |
| Southern Methodist University | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 6,294 | 9 | $842,744 | $93,638 |
| University of Houston | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 25,399 | 21 | $784,348 | $37,350 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | NCAA Division I-FBS | 21,211 | 10 | $739,172 | $73,917 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | IL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 32,126 | 7 | $705,097 | $100,728 |
| Wake Forest University | NC | NCAA Division I-FBS | 4,899 | 11 | $688,571 | $62,597 |
| Stanford University | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 7,032 | 11 | $680,008 | $61,819 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | TN | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,985 | 12 | $672,091 | $56,008 |
| University of the Pacific | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 3,375 | 13 | $671,093 | $51,623 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,420 | 12 | $668,046 | $55,671 |
| University of Denver | CO | NCAA Division I without football | 5,478 | 9 | $667,096 | $74,122 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | NCAA Division I-FBS | 24,060 | 10 | $664,949 | $66,495 |
| University of San Diego | CA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,433 | 11 | $663,096 | $60,281 |
| College of Charleston | SC | NCAA Division I without football | 9,470 | 12 | $655,018 | $54,585 |
| San Diego State University | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 26,530 | 10 | $646,910 | $64,691 |
| Mississippi State University | MS | NCAA Division I-FBS | 16,134 | 13 | $646,324 | $49,717 |
| Duke University | NC | NCAA Division I-FBS | 6,449 | 12 | $640,371 | $53,364 |
| Saint Mary's College of California | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 2,590 | 13 | $618,019 | $47,540 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | NM | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,732 | 12 | $613,010 | $51,084 |
| Brigham Young University-Provo | UT | NCAA Division I-FBS | 28,012 | 10 | $595,741 | $59,574 |
| Kent State University at Kent | OH | NCAA Division I-FBS | 19,034 | 10 | $594,327 | $59,433 |
| University of California-Berkeley | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 28,107 | 20 | $590,831 | $29,542 |
| Marquette University | WI | NCAA Division I without football | 7,919 | 9 | $590,408 | $65,601 |
| George Washington University | DC | NCAA Division I without football | 10,343 | 8 | $589,131 | $73,641 |
| Rice University | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 3,824 | 9 | $583,273 | $64,808 |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | GA | NAIA Division II | 8,400 | 17 | $578,981 | $34,058 |
| San Jose State University | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 21,569 | 12 | $578,010 | $48,168 |
| The University of Alabama | AL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 29,071 | 11 | $573,108 | $52,101 |
| Oregon State University | OR | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,395 | 10 | $566,411 | $56,641 |
| East Carolina University | NC | NCAA Division I-FBS | 19,698 | 9 | $564,670 | $62,741 |
| University of Connecticut | CT | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,538 | 11 | $544,435 | $49,494 |
| University of San Francisco | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 6,413 | 10 | $542,527 | $54,253 |
| Liberty University | VA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 27,100 | 10 | $530,175 | $53,018 |
| Northern Illinois University | IL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 12,323 | 11 | $523,421 | $47,584 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | TX | NCAA Division I without football | 16,663 | 14 | $496,016 | $35,430 |
| Texas Christian University | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,591 | 11 | $494,088 | $44,917 |
| University of Nevada-Reno | NV | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,390 | 9 | $488,136 | $54,237 |
| Lipscomb University | TN | NCAA Division I without football | 2,651 | 12 | $487,742 | $40,645 |
| James Madison University | VA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 18,467 | 10 | $485,465 | $48,547 |
| University of North Florida | FL | NCAA Division I without football | 9,629 | 10 | $484,465 | $48,447 |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 8,868 | 10 | $481,897 | $48,190 |
| Texas Wesleyan University | TX | NAIA Division I | 1,487 | 9 | $477,562 | $53,062 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | NCAA Division I-FBS | 21,445 | 12 | $475,114 | $39,593 |
| Bethune-Cookman University | FL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,583 | 10 | $474,284 | $47,428 |
| DePaul University | IL | NCAA Division I without football | 13,126 | 10 | $461,860 | $46,186 |
| Gonzaga University | WA | NCAA Division I without football | 5,029 | 8 | $459,351 | $57,419 |
| Loyola Marymount University | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 5,987 | 6 | $459,092 | $76,515 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | NCAA Division I-FBS | 33,939 | 10 | $458,795 | $45,880 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 28,165 | 9 | $454,088 | $50,454 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | NC | NCAA Division I-FBS | 20,257 | 8 | $452,582 | $56,573 |
| University of Rhode Island | RI | NCAA Division I-FCS | 12,422 | 8 | $445,835 | $55,729 |
| California State University-Fresno | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,828 | 9 | $438,374 | $48,708 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | MO | NCAA Division I without football | 6,528 | 10 | $436,646 | $43,665 |
| Temple University | PA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 26,128 | 11 | $435,272 | $39,570 |
| Davidson College | NC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 1,791 | 9 | $434,159 | $48,240 |
| Lamar University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 6,161 | 13 | $433,962 | $33,382 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | CO | NCAA Division I-FBS | 25,692 | 12 | $433,243 | $36,104 |
| Oral Roberts University | OK | NCAA Division I without football | 2,601 | 11 | $431,079 | $39,189 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | NCAA Division I without football | 20,050 | 7 | $430,155 | $61,451 |
| University of South Florida-Main Campus | FL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 23,603 | 8 | $430,015 | $53,752 |
| Furman University | SC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 2,691 | 15 | $425,757 | $28,384 |
| University of California-Davis | CA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 28,544 | 11 | $421,394 | $38,309 |
| University of Richmond | VA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 2,998 | 8 | $421,320 | $52,665 |
| East Tennessee State University | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 9,333 | 7 | $420,761 | $60,109 |
| University of Memphis | TN | NCAA Division I-FBS | 12,372 | 12 | $419,394 | $34,950 |
| Santa Clara University | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 5,333 | 11 | $416,383 | $37,853 |
| Wichita State University | KS | NCAA Division I without football | 8,566 | 8 | $415,472 | $51,934 |
| Grand Canyon University | AZ | NCAA Division I without football | 14,542 | 10 | $414,369 | $41,437 |
| University of South Carolina-Aiken | SC | NCAA Division II without football | 2,818 | 9 | $414,083 | $46,009 |
| St John's University-New York | NY | NCAA Division I without football | 11,468 | 10 | $412,822 | $41,282 |
| Coastal Carolina University | SC | Other | 8,828 | 8 | $408,136 | $51,017 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | HI | NCAA Division I-FBS | 10,676 | 13 | $407,306 | $31,331 |
| Jacksonville University | FL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 2,113 | 8 | $401,213 | $50,152 |
| Elon University | NC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,854 | 12 | $398,628 | $33,219 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | AL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,941 | 7 | $394,967 | $56,424 |
| Miami University-Oxford | OH | NCAA Division I-FBS | 16,109 | 10 | $394,951 | $39,495 |
| Seton Hall University | NJ | NCAA Division I without football | 5,484 | 7 | $393,977 | $56,282 |
| Campbell University | NC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,734 | 10 | $391,428 | $39,143 |
| Louisiana Tech University | LA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 7,434 | 9 | $391,371 | $43,486 |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | OH | NCAA Division I-FBS | 17,794 | 11 | $390,553 | $35,505 |
| Abilene Christian University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,550 | 14 | $384,518 | $27,466 |
| Georgetown University | DC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 6,874 | 10 | $383,154 | $38,315 |
| California State University-Long Beach | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 27,804 | 10 | $381,035 | $38,104 |
| Radford University | VA | NCAA Division I without football | 8,091 | 10 | $380,396 | $38,040 |
| Texas A & M University-College Station | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 44,975 | 12 | $379,419 | $31,618 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | KY | NCAA Division I-FCS | 11,002 | 10 | $378,549 | $37,855 |
| Wofford College | SC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 1,664 | 15 | $377,853 | $25,190 |
| Kennesaw State University | GA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 24,171 | 9 | $377,170 | $41,908 |
| Northwestern University | IL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,249 | 9 | $377,079 | $41,898 |
| University of North Texas | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 25,486 | 11 | $374,490 | $34,045 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | LA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 12,859 | 9 | $374,361 | $41,596 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 19,995 | 6 | $373,074 | $62,179 |
| Nova Southeastern University | FL | NCAA Division II without football | 3,051 | 8 | $371,129 | $46,391 |
| Loyola University Maryland | MD | NCAA Division I without football | 4,030 | 9 | $361,977 | $40,220 |
| University of Hartford | CT | NCAA Division I without football | 4,506 | 8 | $358,457 | $44,807 |
| California State University-Fullerton | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 27,925 | 11 | $354,842 | $32,258 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 30,329 | 11 | $353,904 | $32,173 |
| Lincoln Memorial University | TN | NCAA Division II without football | 1,189 | 15 | $353,601 | $23,573 |
| Midland University | NE | NAIA Division II | 1,168 | 21 | $352,761 | $16,798 |
| University of Akron Main Campus | OH | NCAA Division I-FBS | 13,367 | 10 | $347,472 | $34,747 |
| Rollins College | FL | NCAA Division II without football | 2,450 | 17 | $347,277 | $20,428 |
| Texas Tech University | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 26,588 | 11 | $345,753 | $31,432 |
| Eastern Michigan University | MI | NCAA Division I-FBS | 12,714 | 11 | $342,762 | $31,160 |
| Drake University | IA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,091 | 8 | $341,656 | $42,707 |
| Augusta University | GA | NCAA Division II without football | 4,078 | 9 | $341,283 | $37,920 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus | NM | NCAA Division I-FBS | 9,825 | 10 | $334,934 | $33,493 |
| Oklahoma City University | OK | NAIA Division I | 1,621 | 11 | $333,761 | $30,342 |
| Austin Peay State University | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 6,935 | 8 | $333,606 | $41,701 |
| Lynn University | FL | NCAA Division II without football | 1,948 | 11 | $332,736 | $30,249 |
| Florida Southern College | FL | NCAA Division II without football | 2,323 | 10 | $330,923 | $33,092 |
| Texas State University | TX | NCAA Division I-FBS | 28,180 | 12 | $330,793 | $27,566 |
| University of Wyoming | WY | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,099 | 8 | $330,341 | $41,293 |
| Samford University | AL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,204 | 12 | $328,879 | $27,407 |
| Mercer University | GA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,012 | 10 | $328,854 | $32,885 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | NJ | NCAA Division I without football | 2,329 | 8 | $328,514 | $41,064 |
| Barry University | FL | NCAA Division II without football | 2,889 | 14 | $327,528 | $23,395 |
| Michigan State University | MI | NCAA Division I-FBS | 35,280 | 12 | $326,725 | $27,227 |
| Marshall University | WV | NCAA Division I-FBS | 7,917 | 12 | $323,695 | $26,975 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,488 | 12 | $323,601 | $26,967 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | NC | NCAA Division I without football | 11,913 | 9 | $322,470 | $35,830 |
| Butler University | IN | Other | 4,171 | 8 | $322,435 | $40,304 |
| South Dakota State University | SD | NCAA Division I-FCS | 8,442 | 9 | $321,243 | $35,694 |
| Drexel University | PA | NCAA Division I without football | 13,258 | 11 | $321,238 | $29,203 |
| Houston Baptist University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 2,160 | 10 | $319,731 | $31,973 |
| University of South Alabama | AL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 9,596 | 11 | $316,665 | $28,788 |
| Boston College | MA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 9,486 | 8 | $315,588 | $39,449 |
| Yale University | CT | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,468 | 9 | $314,242 | $34,916 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 25,175 | 11 | $312,118 | $28,374 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | MS | NCAA Division I-FBS | 10,242 | 9 | $310,077 | $34,453 |
| The University of Findlay | OH | NCAA Division II with football | 2,561 | 14 | $308,697 | $22,050 |
| University of Toledo | OH | NCAA Division I-FBS | 12,810 | 8 | $308,607 | $38,576 |
| Saint Edward's University | TX | NCAA Division II without football | 3,608 | 8 | $306,614 | $38,327 |
| Georgia State University | GA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 19,062 | 10 | $303,201 | $30,320 |
| Stetson University | FL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,017 | 11 | $298,050 | $27,095 |
| Troy University | AL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 9,329 | 9 | $296,389 | $32,932 |
| California Baptist University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 5,878 | 8 | $296,280 | $37,035 |
| Old Dominion University | VA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,173 | 8 | $296,090 | $37,011 |
| Arkansas State University-Main Campus | AR | NCAA Division I-FBS | 7,248 | 11 | $295,033 | $26,821 |
| University of Hawaii at Hilo | HI | NCAA Division II without football | 2,436 | 7 | $294,513 | $42,073 |
| Saint Leo University | FL | NCAA Division II without football | 7,555 | 14 | $292,852 | $20,918 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | OH | NCAA Division I-FBS | 13,111 | 10 | $292,414 | $29,241 |
| McNeese State University | LA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,444 | 13 | $290,731 | $22,364 |
| Lander University | SC | NCAA Division II without football | 2,529 | 9 | $289,545 | $32,172 |
| Georgia Southern University | GA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,912 | 9 | $288,642 | $32,071 |
| California State University-Northridge | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 29,056 | 9 | $288,291 | $32,032 |
| Appalachian State University | NC | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,450 | 9 | $285,777 | $31,753 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 21,199 | 18 | $283,819 | $15,768 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | NCAA Division I-FBS | 20,818 | 11 | $283,680 | $25,789 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 19,650 | 12 | $280,524 | $23,377 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,218 | 11 | $279,321 | $25,393 |
| Utah State University | UT | NCAA Division I-FBS | 16,888 | 8 | $279,146 | $34,893 |
| Utah Valley University | UT | NCAA Division I without football | 16,975 | 9 | $278,606 | $30,956 |
| Washington State University | WA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 21,534 | 9 | $277,528 | $30,836 |
| Winthrop University | SC | NCAA Division I without football | 4,537 | 10 | $277,167 | $27,717 |
| Illinois State University | IL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 17,420 | 8 | $277,160 | $34,645 |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | TN | NAIA Division II | 909 | 14 | $276,000 | $19,714 |
| University of Idaho | ID | NCAA Division I-FBS | 7,248 | 9 | $275,659 | $30,629 |
| Ball State University | IN | NCAA Division I-FBS | 15,018 | 9 | $274,666 | $30,518 |
| LIU Brooklyn | NY | NCAA Division I without football | 3,749 | 6 | $274,057 | $45,676 |
| Murray State University | KY | NCAA Division I-FCS | 6,916 | 10 | $273,861 | $27,386 |
| Grand Valley State University | MI | NCAA Division II with football | 19,666 | 11 | $269,241 | $24,476 |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha | NE | NCAA Division I without football | 9,820 | 9 | $268,631 | $29,848 |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | FL | NCAA Division I without football | 10,809 | 14 | $267,950 | $19,139 |
| Martin Methodist College | TN | NAIA Division I | 873 | 11 | $267,913 | $24,356 |
| Marian University | IN | NAIA Division II | 1,761 | 11 | $267,799 | $24,345 |
| University of Dayton | OH | NCAA Division I-FCS | 7,867 | 11 | $267,580 | $24,325 |
| Wingate University | NC | NCAA Division II with football | 2,044 | 12 | $265,645 | $22,137 |
| Arizona State University-Tempe | AZ | NCAA Division I-FBS | 38,761 | 10 | $265,206 | $26,521 |
| Point University | GA | NAIA Division II | 1,219 | 15 | $264,503 | $17,634 |
| Seattle University | WA | NCAA Division I without football | 4,463 | 9 | $264,140 | $29,349 |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | OH | NAIA Division II | 3,415 | 3 | $263,313 | $87,771 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | IL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 10,509 | 9 | $262,769 | $29,197 |
| Princeton University | NJ | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,236 | 7 | $261,462 | $37,352 |
| Valparaiso University | IN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,196 | 9 | $259,448 | $28,828 |
| Sam Houston State University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 14,497 | 12 | $259,200 | $21,600 |
| Towson University | MD | NCAA Division I-FCS | 16,827 | 9 | $258,841 | $28,760 |
| Bethany College | KS | NAIA Division II | 640 | 17 | $257,576 | $15,152 |
| Wayne State University | MI | NCAA Division II with football | 11,953 | 19 | $255,907 | $13,469 |
| Clemson University | SC | NCAA Division I-FBS | 17,849 | 9 | $254,380 | $28,264 |
| Florida Institute of Technology | FL | NCAA Division II with football | 3,281 | 13 | $254,352 | $19,566 |
| Harvard University | MA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 6,931 | 5 | $252,931 | $50,586 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | NCAA Division I-FCS | 7,552 | 11 | $252,249 | $22,932 |
| University of Indianapolis | IN | NCAA Division II with football | 3,589 | 11 | $251,788 | $22,890 |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus | ND | NCAA Division I-FCS | 10,631 | 8 | $248,694 | $31,087 |
| Corban University | OR | NAIA Division I | 938 | 13 | $246,886 | $18,991 |
| Oakland University | MI | NCAA Division I without football | 12,917 | 7 | $246,811 | $35,259 |
| High Point University | NC | NCAA Division I without football | 4,476 | 11 | $246,146 | $22,377 |
| University of Notre Dame | IN | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,480 | 11 | $245,991 | $22,363 |
| Southeastern Louisiana University | LA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 9,010 | 9 | $245,422 | $27,269 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | FL | NCAA Division II without football | 5,003 | 10 | $244,085 | $24,409 |
| Weber State University | UT | NCAA Division I-FCS | 10,265 | 9 | $244,028 | $27,114 |
| California State University-East Bay | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 11,553 | 11 | $243,682 | $22,153 |
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