University of Southern California men's outdoor track tops the list of highest grossing programs, reporting more than $900,000 – or $32,149 per athlete – in 2016, followed by Bethune-Cookman University ($725,185) and California Baptist University ($585,519), 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 400 of those schools have men's outdoor track programs. In all, they grossed nearly $31.2 million in 2016.
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Top 200 Men's Outdoor Track Programs by Revenue
| School | State | Division | Enrollment | Men's team | Men's team revenue | Revenue per athlete |
| University of Southern California | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,070 | 28 | $900,161 | $32,149 |
| Bethune-Cookman University | FL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,583 | 35 | $725,185 | $20,720 |
| California Baptist University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 5,878 | 18 | $585,519 | $32,529 |
| Fresno Pacific University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 2,074 | 35 | $506,473 | $14,471 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage | AK | NCAA Division II without football | 6,560 | 28 | $476,677 | $17,024 |
| California State University-Fullerton | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 27,925 | 48 | $445,680 | $9,285 |
| LIU Brooklyn | NY | NCAA Division I without football | 3,749 | 24 | $435,098 | $18,129 |
| SUNY at Albany | NY | NCAA Division I-FCS | 12,387 | 45 | $428,851 | $9,530 |
| University of Tulsa | OK | NCAA Division I-FBS | 3,248 | 34 | $366,530 | $10,780 |
| Saint Francis University | PA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 1,540 | 38 | $348,259 | $9,165 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 21,199 | 65 | $333,879 | $5,137 |
| Carson-Newman University | TN | NCAA Division II with football | 1,710 | 43 | $322,198 | $7,493 |
| University of Maryland-College Park | MD | NCAA Division I-FBS | 26,174 | 27 | $309,827 | $11,475 |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | IN | NAIA Division II | 2,618 | 39 | $308,810 | $7,918 |
| Dordt College | IA | NAIA Division II | 1,367 | 47 | $299,754 | $6,378 |
| Bloomfield College | NJ | NCAA Division II without football | 1,768 | 40 | $275,747 | $6,894 |
| University of South Alabama | AL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 9,596 | 45 | $273,032 | $6,067 |
| Doane University-Arts & Sciences | NE | NAIA Division II | 1,038 | 81 | $268,341 | $3,313 |
| Missouri Valley College | MO | NAIA Division I | 1,329 | 20 | $259,283 | $12,964 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | MS | NCAA Division I-FBS | 10,242 | 27 | $252,529 | $9,353 |
| William Penn University | IA | NAIA Division I | 1,111 | 22 | $250,477 | $11,385 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | OR | NAIA Division II | 2,357 | 35 | $240,539 | $6,873 |
| Saint Ambrose University | IA | NAIA Division II | 2,187 | 44 | $229,811 | $5,223 |
| California State University-Chico | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 15,165 | 60 | $228,173 | $3,803 |
| California State University-Bakersfield | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 7,062 | 15 | $227,390 | $15,159 |
| Texas Southern University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,776 | 23 | $216,677 | $9,421 |
| Gonzaga University | WA | NCAA Division I without football | 5,029 | 37 | $213,729 | $5,776 |
| Howard University | DC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,553 | 31 | $213,651 | $6,892 |
| University of Wyoming | WY | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,099 | 29 | $212,891 | $7,341 |
| Oklahoma Christian University | OK | NCAA Division II without football | 1,778 | 36 | $210,451 | $5,846 |
| Universidad Metropolitana | PR | Other | 8,857 | 31 | $195,750 | $6,315 |
| Taylor University | IN | NAIA Division II | 1,806 | 34 | $189,792 | $5,582 |
| University of California-Irvine | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 26,876 | 29 | $179,234 | $6,180 |
| Aquinas College | MI | NAIA Division II | 1,416 | 57 | $178,981 | $3,140 |
| Williams College | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,044 | 57 | $167,148 | $2,932 |
| Judson University | IL | NAIA Division I | 786 | 15 | $163,135 | $10,876 |
| Harcum College | PA | Other | 1,078 | 11 | $162,782 | $14,798 |
| Mt San Antonio College | CA | CCCAA | 9,984 | 110 | $156,761 | $1,425 |
| Cedarville University | OH | NCAA Division II without football | 3,010 | 63 | $156,405 | $2,483 |
| Wiley College | TX | NAIA Division I | 1,152 | 18 | $154,387 | $8,577 |
| Florida Institute of Technology | FL | NCAA Division II with football | 3,281 | 35 | $150,858 | $4,310 |
| Riverside City College | CA | NJCAA Division I | 5,256 | 71 | $149,885 | $2,111 |
| Truett McConnell University | GA | NAIA Division II | 692 | 12 | $147,147 | $12,262 |
| San Joaquin Delta College | CA | CCCAA | 6,351 | 41 | $145,692 | $3,553 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | OH | NAIA Division II | 1,708 | 20 | $145,000 | $7,250 |
| University of South Carolina-Beaufort | SC | NAIA Division II | 1,746 | 25 | $144,692 | $5,788 |
| Virginia University of Lynchburg | VA | Independent | 261 | 18 | $140,661 | $7,815 |
| East Tennessee State University | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 9,333 | 30 | $140,493 | $4,683 |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | PR | Other | 4,570 | 19 | $139,783 | $7,357 |
| Texas College | TX | NAIA Division I | 920 | 11 | $137,476 | $12,498 |
| Caldwell University | NJ | NCAA Division II without football | 1,445 | 24 | $136,562 | $5,690 |
| Madonna University | MI | NAIA Division II | 1,340 | 26 | $134,650 | $5,179 |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis | MO | NCAA Division II without football | 2,147 | 20 | $133,885 | $6,694 |
| Alcorn State University | MS | NCAA Division I-FCS | 2,589 | 21 | $133,599 | $6,362 |
| Prairie View A & M University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 6,817 | 42 | $130,838 | $3,115 |
| Georgetown College | KY | NAIA Division I | 917 | 26 | $124,914 | $4,804 |
| Friends University | KS | NAIA Division II | 920 | 25 | $124,430 | $4,977 |
| Concordia University-Ann Arbor | MI | NAIA Division II | 727 | 25 | $123,566 | $4,943 |
| Southwestern Christian College | TX | NJCAA Division I | 137 | 10 | $122,457 | $12,246 |
| Cerritos College | CA | CCCAA | 6,706 | 58 | $120,445 | $2,077 |
| George Fox University | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 2,474 | 58 | $119,460 | $2,060 |
| Graceland University-Lamoni | IA | NAIA Division II | 1,166 | 46 | $118,370 | $2,573 |
| William Jessup University | CA | NAIA Division I | 995 | 23 | $116,055 | $5,046 |
| Nyack College | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 1,178 | 17 | $114,728 | $6,749 |
| Mount Mercy University | IA | NAIA Division I | 1,046 | 43 | $114,368 | $2,660 |
| Huntington University | IN | NAIA Division II | 871 | 18 | $111,285 | $6,183 |
| Willamette University | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 1,850 | 23 | $110,920 | $4,823 |
| Lane Community College | OR | NWAC | 3,747 | 36 | $110,614 | $3,073 |
| Rust College | MS | NCAA Division III without football | 872 | 13 | $110,319 | $8,486 |
| DeSales University | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 1,854 | 35 | $110,308 | $3,152 |
| Claremont McKenna College | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,343 | 47 | $110,101 | $2,343 |
| Langston University | OK | NAIA Division I | 1,835 | 10 | $108,732 | $10,873 |
| Middlebury College | VT | NCAA Division III with football | 2,496 | 54 | $106,749 | $1,977 |
| North Central College | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 2,534 | 89 | $106,286 | $1,194 |
| Cornerstone University | MI | NAIA Division II | 1,363 | 22 | $105,264 | $4,785 |
| Bethel University | TN | NAIA Division I | 3,474 | 22 | $104,609 | $4,755 |
| William Carey University | MS | NAIA Division I | 1,630 | 18 | $104,255 | $5,792 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon | PR | NCAA Division II without football | 4,282 | 41 | $104,190 | $2,541 |
| California State University-Los Angeles | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 20,003 | 31 | $103,927 | $3,352 |
| San Diego Mesa College | CA | CCCAA | 5,707 | 41 | $103,311 | $2,520 |
| Stevenson University | MD | NCAA Division III with football | 3,065 | 35 | $102,678 | $2,934 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 4,444 | 48 | $100,241 | $2,088 |
| Spokane Falls Community College | WA | NWAC | 3,763 | 38 | $100,026 | $2,632 |
| Southern Oregon University | OR | NAIA Division II | 3,507 | 37 | $98,970 | $2,675 |
| University of Mobile | AL | NAIA Division I | 1,241 | 17 | $98,805 | $5,812 |
| Robert Morris University Illinois | IL | NAIA Division II | 2,253 | 27 | $98,681 | $3,655 |
| American River College | CA | CCCAA | 6,254 | 39 | $96,165 | $2,466 |
| Pomona College | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,547 | 32 | $95,823 | $2,994 |
| West Virginia University Institute of Technology | WV | NAIA Division II | 975 | 30 | $95,723 | $3,191 |
| St Lawrence University | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 2,341 | 51 | $95,665 | $1,876 |
| The Master's University and Seminary | CA | NAIA Division I | 953 | 17 | $95,330 | $5,608 |
| Northwest Christian University | OR | NAIA Division II | 421 | 23 | $95,011 | $4,131 |
| St Andrews University | NC | NAIA Division II | 612 | 9 | $94,944 | $10,549 |
| University of Redlands | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,491 | 27 | $93,558 | $3,465 |
| Adelphi University | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 4,737 | 31 | $92,954 | $2,999 |
| Lees-McRae College | NC | NCAA Division II without football | 978 | 22 | $92,333 | $4,197 |
| Trine University | IN | NCAA Division III with football | 1,703 | 54 | $91,776 | $1,700 |
| Lane College | TN | NCAA Division II with football | 1,356 | 24 | $91,732 | $3,822 |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 9,350 | 57 | $91,117 | $1,599 |
| Texas Lutheran University | TX | NCAA Division III with football | 1,212 | 39 | $89,890 | $2,305 |
| University of New Orleans | LA | NCAA Division I without football | 4,644 | 21 | $89,308 | $4,253 |
| Frostburg State University | MD | NCAA Division III with football | 4,087 | 46 | $88,999 | $1,935 |
| Humboldt State University | CA | NCAA Division II with football | 7,485 | 27 | $88,335 | $3,272 |
| Montana State University-Billings | MT | NCAA Division II without football | 2,470 | 28 | $87,648 | $3,130 |
| San Bernardino Valley College | CA | CCCAA | 3,812 | 14 | $87,030 | $6,216 |
| York College | NE | NAIA Division II | 372 | 22 | $86,682 | $3,940 |
| Grinnell College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,653 | 32 | $86,576 | $2,706 |
| Saddleback College | CA | CCCAA | 5,785 | 24 | $86,111 | $3,588 |
| Chabot College | CA | CCCAA | 3,911 | 27 | $84,930 | $3,146 |
| Christopher Newport University | VA | NCAA Division III with football | 4,856 | 65 | $84,815 | $1,305 |
| Coahoma Community College | MS | NJCAA Division I | 1,569 | 14 | $84,782 | $6,056 |
| Santa Monica College | CA | CCCAA | 11,084 | 39 | $84,050 | $2,155 |
| Saint John Fisher College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 2,601 | 27 | $83,873 | $3,106 |
| Ohio Northern University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 2,047 | 52 | $83,573 | $1,607 |
| Utica College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 2,730 | 84 | $83,512 | $994 |
| Rowan University | NJ | NCAA Division III with football | 12,728 | 66 | $82,914 | $1,256 |
| Roberts Wesleyan College | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 1,207 | 36 | $82,700 | $2,297 |
| Southern University and A & M College | LA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,328 | 20 | $82,501 | $4,125 |
| Sacramento City College | CA | CCCAA | 5,328 | 28 | $82,314 | $2,940 |
| California Lutheran University | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,765 | 34 | $82,072 | $2,414 |
| Fresno City College | CA | CCCAA | 6,797 | 38 | $81,190 | $2,137 |
| Lourdes University | OH | NAIA Division II | 842 | 15 | $80,760 | $5,384 |
| California State University-East Bay | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 11,553 | 21 | $79,886 | $3,804 |
| Bethel College-North Newton | KS | NAIA Division II | 441 | 12 | $79,259 | $6,605 |
| Coker College | SC | NCAA Division II without football | 953 | 34 | $78,968 | $2,323 |
| Reinhardt University | GA | NAIA Division II | 1,223 | 38 | $78,937 | $2,077 |
| Cuyamaca College | CA | CCCAA | 2,097 | 27 | $78,698 | $2,915 |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 4,973 | 65 | $78,469 | $1,207 |
| Tabor College | KS | NAIA Division II | 522 | 21 | $77,403 | $3,686 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,488 | 50 | $75,743 | $1,515 |
| Whitworth University | WA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,246 | 33 | $75,445 | $2,286 |
| University of La Verne | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 3,812 | 39 | $74,488 | $1,910 |
| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | SD | NCAA Division II with football | 2,005 | 30 | $74,334 | $2,478 |
| Paradise Valley Community College | AZ | NJCAA Division II | 2,185 | 29 | $74,217 | $2,559 |
| Biola University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 3,947 | 25 | $73,587 | $2,943 |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 9,142 | 58 | $72,824 | $1,256 |
| Rhodes College | TN | NCAA Division III with football | 1,974 | 33 | $72,820 | $2,207 |
| Albany State University | GA | NCAA Division II with football | 2,187 | 21 | $72,188 | $3,438 |
| Pima Community College | AZ | NJCAA Division I | 7,476 | 34 | $72,118 | $2,121 |
| Southwestern Christian University | OK | NAIA Division I | 636 | 9 | $71,925 | $7,992 |
| SUNY Cortland | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 6,187 | 51 | $71,613 | $1,404 |
| Albion College | MI | NCAA Division III with football | 1,384 | 43 | $70,612 | $1,642 |
| Colby College | ME | NCAA Division III with football | 1,879 | 54 | $69,352 | $1,284 |
| Vassar College | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 2,390 | 27 | $69,143 | $2,561 |
| Dominican College of Blauvelt | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 1,330 | 10 | $68,936 | $6,894 |
| Gallaudet University | DC | NCAA Division III with football | 1,082 | 35 | $68,831 | $1,967 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 7,679 | 71 | $68,644 | $967 |
| Belmont Abbey College | NC | NCAA Division II without football | 1,403 | 22 | $68,510 | $3,114 |
| Monroe College | NY | NJCAA Division I | 4,353 | 27 | $67,384 | $2,496 |
| Pratt Community College | KS | NJCAA Division I | 593 | 15 | $66,493 | $4,433 |
| Aurora University | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 3,302 | 67 | $66,075 | $986 |
| Washington and Lee University | VA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,818 | 32 | $65,467 | $2,046 |
| Millsaps College | MS | NCAA Division III with football | 787 | 9 | $64,304 | $7,145 |
| Long Beach City College | CA | CCCAA | 8,994 | 34 | $64,096 | $1,885 |
| Wartburg College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,433 | 59 | $63,517 | $1,077 |
| Savannah State University | GA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,108 | 22 | $63,190 | $2,872 |
| Dickinson State University | ND | NAIA Division I | 904 | 26 | $62,996 | $2,423 |
| Southwestern Oregon Community College | OR | Other | 1,002 | 23 | $62,749 | $2,728 |
| Northwest Kansas Technical College | KS | NJCAA Division I | 338 | 17 | $62,718 | $3,689 |
| Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 1,584 | 27 | $62,642 | $2,320 |
| Whittier College | CA | NJCAA Division III | 1,577 | 17 | $62,394 | $3,670 |
| Pasadena City College | CA | CCCAA | 10,401 | 19 | $62,228 | $3,275 |
| Hamilton College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 1,866 | 29 | $61,546 | $2,122 |
| Clackamas Community College | OR | NWAC | 2,673 | 26 | $61,508 | $2,366 |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 10,046 | 59 | $61,264 | $1,038 |
| Huston-Tillotson University | TX | NAIA Division I | 917 | 20 | $61,001 | $3,050 |
| Trinity Christian College | IL | NAIA Division II | 903 | 16 | $60,933 | $3,808 |
| De Anza College | CA | CCCAA | 10,392 | 37 | $60,716 | $1,641 |
| SUNY College at Plattsburgh | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 4,812 | 30 | $59,655 | $1,989 |
| The University of Tennessee-Martin | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,943 | 21 | $59,426 | $2,830 |
| Moorpark College | CA | CCCAA | 5,666 | 33 | $58,816 | $1,782 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 4,147 | 45 | $58,709 | $1,305 |
| Dickinson College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,356 | 40 | $58,588 | $1,465 |
| St Olaf College | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 2,983 | 74 | $58,426 | $790 |
| College of the Canyons | CA | CCCAA | 6,267 | 39 | $58,002 | $1,487 |
| Bethany College | KS | NAIA Division II | 640 | 32 | $57,139 | $1,786 |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | IN | NCAA Division III with football | 2,171 | 53 | $57,131 | $1,078 |
| Concordia University-Chicago | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 1,355 | 33 | $56,786 | $1,721 |
| Soka University of America | CA | NAIA Division I | 417 | 14 | $56,187 | $4,013 |
| Bethel University | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 2,377 | 47 | $55,728 | $1,186 |
| Campbellsville University | KY | NAIA Division I | 1,997 | 28 | $55,471 | $1,981 |
| Bakersfield College | CA | CCCAA | 6,363 | 25 | $54,888 | $2,196 |
| Holy Family University | PA | NCAA Division II without football | 1,420 | 19 | $54,725 | $2,880 |
| Lewis-Clark State College | ID | NAIA Division I | 2,263 | 32 | $54,060 | $1,689 |
| Shasta College | CA | CCCAA | 3,351 | 39 | $53,932 | $1,383 |
| Franklin and Marshall College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,222 | 30 | $53,417 | $1,781 |
| Trinity University | TX | NCAA Division III with football | 2,244 | 28 | $53,408 | $1,907 |
| Loras College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,400 | 68 | $52,174 | $767 |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | KS | NAIA Division II | 791 | 17 | $52,120 | $3,066 |
| Concordia University-Wisconsin | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 2,691 | 15 | $51,779 | $3,452 |
| Mt Hood Community College | OR | NWAC | 3,120 | 15 | $51,703 | $3,447 |
| The College of Saint Scholastica | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 2,249 | 18 | $51,392 | $2,855 |
| College of the Siskiyous | CA | CCCAA | 795 | 31 | $51,374 | $1,657 |
| Central College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,176 | 53 | $50,977 | $962 |
| The College of Saint Rose | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 2,510 | 13 | $50,744 | $3,903 |
| Lincoln Memorial University | TN | NCAA Division II without football | 1,189 | 14 | $50,495 | $3,607 |
| West Liberty University | WV | NCAA Division II with football | 1,801 | 29 | $50,050 | $1,726 |
| Earlham College | IN | NCAA Division III with football | 991 | 14 | $49,606 | $3,543 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | CA | CCCAA | 6,431 | 37 | $49,079 | $1,326 |
| Williams Baptist College | AR | NAIA Division I | 423 | 18 | $49,019 | $2,723 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education
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