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 California Baptist University ($536,100) and SUNY at Albany ($507,758), 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.
Nearly 450 of those schools have women's outdoor track programs. In all, they grossed nearly $32.3 million in 2016.
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Top 200 Women's Outdoor Track Programs by Revenue
| School | State | Division | Enrollment | Women's team | Women's team revenue | Revenue per athlete |
| University of Southern California | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,070 | 36 | $1,052,072 | $29,224 |
| California Baptist University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 5,878 | 21 | $536,100 | $25,529 |
| SUNY at Albany | NY | NCAA Division I-FCS | 12,387 | 45 | $507,758 | $11,284 |
| California State University-Fullerton | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 27,925 | 41 | $485,073 | $11,831 |
| University of Tulsa | OK | NCAA Division I-FBS | 3,248 | 35 | $469,514 | $13,415 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage | AK | NCAA Division II without football | 6,560 | 20 | $469,256 | $23,463 |
| LIU Brooklyn | NY | NCAA Division I without football | 3,749 | 23 | $455,847 | $19,819 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | NV | NCAA Division I-FBS | 18,237 | 38 | $432,158 | $11,373 |
| Fresno Pacific University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 2,074 | 34 | $421,185 | $12,388 |
| Saint Francis University | PA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 1,540 | 35 | $345,424 | $9,869 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 21,199 | 59 | $315,601 | $5,349 |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | IN | NAIA Division II | 2,618 | 52 | $300,140 | $5,772 |
| Northern Michigan University | MI | NCAA Division II with football | 6,254 | 36 | $293,008 | $8,139 |
| Doane University-Arts & Sciences | NE | NAIA Division II | 1,038 | 71 | $277,763 | $3,912 |
| Dordt College | IA | NAIA Division II | 1,367 | 40 | $273,435 | $6,836 |
| University of California-Irvine | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 26,876 | 45 | $268,852 | $5,974 |
| Niagara University | NY | NCAA Division I without football | 2,913 | 28 | $263,578 | $9,414 |
| University of South Alabama | AL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 9,596 | 42 | $260,621 | $6,205 |
| Carson-Newman University | TN | NCAA Division II with football | 1,710 | 34 | $253,510 | $7,456 |
| University of Wyoming | WY | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,099 | 43 | $251,157 | $5,841 |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis | MO | NCAA Division II without football | 2,147 | 27 | $246,433 | $9,127 |
| San Jose State University | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 21,569 | 32 | $242,275 | $7,571 |
| California State University-Chico | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 15,165 | 62 | $227,254 | $3,665 |
| Howard University | DC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,553 | 34 | $213,651 | $6,284 |
| Brenau University | GA | NAIA Division I | 1,038 | 28 | $210,545 | $7,519 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | OR | NAIA Division II | 2,357 | 27 | $210,149 | $7,783 |
| Friends University | KS | NAIA Division II | 920 | 32 | $209,540 | $6,548 |
| Bloomfield College | NJ | NCAA Division II without football | 1,768 | 30 | $209,456 | $6,982 |
| Jacksonville State University | AL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,392 | 31 | $197,720 | $6,378 |
| Taylor University | IN | NAIA Division II | 1,806 | 33 | $189,013 | $5,728 |
| Wiley College | TX | NAIA Division I | 1,152 | 13 | $188,459 | $14,497 |
| University of the Pacific | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 3,375 | 23 | $177,202 | $7,704 |
| Winona State University | MN | NCAA Division II with football | 6,620 | 59 | $175,959 | $2,982 |
| Texas Southern University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,776 | 19 | $175,713 | $9,248 |
| Universidad Metropolitana | PR | Other | 8,857 | 21 | $174,750 | $8,321 |
| Williams College | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,044 | 48 | $174,268 | $3,631 |
| Saint Ambrose University | IA | NAIA Division II | 2,187 | 37 | $174,125 | $4,706 |
| Prairie View A & M University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 6,817 | 37 | $173,047 | $4,677 |
| The University of Tennessee-Martin | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,943 | 21 | $172,724 | $8,225 |
| Missouri Valley College | MO | NAIA Division I | 1,329 | 14 | $172,341 | $12,310 |
| Aquinas College | MI | NAIA Division II | 1,416 | 52 | $168,477 | $3,240 |
| University of San Diego | CA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,433 | 28 | $166,031 | $5,930 |
| Riverside City College | CA | NJCAA Division I | 5,256 | 27 | $162,085 | $6,003 |
| Florida Institute of Technology | FL | NCAA Division II with football | 3,281 | 21 | $160,847 | $7,659 |
| Gonzaga University | WA | NCAA Division I without football | 5,029 | 37 | $158,275 | $4,278 |
| California State University-San Bernardino | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 16,425 | 45 | $156,637 | $3,481 |
| San Francisco State University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 21,273 | 44 | $155,056 | $3,524 |
| Cedarville University | OH | NCAA Division II without football | 3,010 | 50 | $149,911 | $2,998 |
| East Tennessee State University | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 9,333 | 32 | $149,397 | $4,669 |
| Bethune-Cookman University | FL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 3,583 | 32 | $147,037 | $4,595 |
| University of West Georgia | GA | NCAA Division II with football | 8,958 | 31 | $145,332 | $4,688 |
| Langston University | OK | NAIA Division I | 1,835 | 12 | $143,245 | $11,937 |
| Mt San Antonio College | CA | CCCAA | 9,984 | 67 | $143,163 | $2,137 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | OH | NAIA Division II | 1,708 | 10 | $143,000 | $14,300 |
| Loyola University Maryland | MD | NCAA Division I without football | 4,030 | 36 | $141,846 | $3,940 |
| Cornerstone University | MI | NAIA Division II | 1,363 | 30 | $141,563 | $4,719 |
| William Penn University | IA | NAIA Division I | 1,111 | 12 | $141,102 | $11,759 |
| William Jessup University | CA | NAIA Division I | 995 | 24 | $140,595 | $5,858 |
| Oklahoma Christian University | OK | NCAA Division II without football | 1,778 | 26 | $140,125 | $5,389 |
| Humboldt State University | CA | NCAA Division II with football | 7,485 | 47 | $138,855 | $2,954 |
| University of South Carolina-Beaufort | SC | NAIA Division II | 1,746 | 26 | $137,394 | $5,284 |
| University of the District of Columbia | DC | NCAA Division II without football | 1,786 | 15 | $134,383 | $8,959 |
| Georgetown College | KY | NAIA Division I | 917 | 28 | $134,187 | $4,792 |
| Savannah State University | GA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,108 | 17 | $127,213 | $7,483 |
| St Andrews University | NC | NAIA Division II | 612 | 7 | $124,944 | $17,849 |
| Southwestern Christian College | TX | NJCAA Division I | 137 | 10 | $119,863 | $11,986 |
| Madonna University | MI | NAIA Division II | 1,340 | 21 | $119,016 | $5,667 |
| Truett McConnell University | GA | NAIA Division II | 692 | 8 | $118,003 | $14,750 |
| George Fox University | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 2,474 | 46 | $115,725 | $2,516 |
| University of Mobile | AL | NAIA Division I | 1,241 | 14 | $115,536 | $8,253 |
| Cerritos College | CA | CCCAA | 6,706 | 44 | $112,557 | $2,558 |
| California State University-Los Angeles | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 20,003 | 44 | $112,479 | $2,556 |
| Willamette University | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 1,850 | 24 | $112,268 | $4,678 |
| Mount Mercy University | IA | NAIA Division I | 1,046 | 44 | $112,163 | $2,549 |
| Biola University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 3,947 | 37 | $111,630 | $3,017 |
| University of Central Oklahoma | OK | NCAA Division II with football | 10,466 | 28 | $111,297 | $3,975 |
| Claremont McKenna College | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,343 | 50 | $111,227 | $2,225 |
| Rust College | MS | NCAA Division III without football | 872 | 13 | $106,721 | $8,209 |
| Middlebury College | VT | NCAA Division III with football | 2,496 | 52 | $106,228 | $2,043 |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | PR | Other | 4,570 | 14 | $106,179 | $7,584 |
| Felician University | NJ | NCAA Division II without football | 1,432 | 18 | $106,054 | $5,892 |
| Coker College | SC | NCAA Division II without football | 953 | 27 | $105,529 | $3,908 |
| Caldwell University | NJ | NCAA Division II without football | 1,445 | 29 | $105,079 | $3,623 |
| Shaw University | NC | NCAA Division II with football | 1,604 | 19 | $103,371 | $5,441 |
| San Diego Mesa College | CA | CCCAA | 5,707 | 16 | $103,311 | $6,457 |
| St Lawrence University | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 2,341 | 38 | $102,531 | $2,698 |
| Bethel University | TN | NAIA Division I | 3,474 | 8 | $102,302 | $12,788 |
| Spokane Falls Community College | WA | NWAC | 3,763 | 28 | $100,493 | $3,589 |
| Pomona College | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,547 | 23 | $100,183 | $4,356 |
| Alcorn State University | MS | NCAA Division I-FCS | 2,589 | 24 | $99,576 | $4,149 |
| Lane Community College | OR | NWAC | 3,747 | 22 | $99,561 | $4,526 |
| Graceland University-Lamoni | IA | NAIA Division II | 1,166 | 34 | $98,796 | $2,906 |
| Judson University | IL | NAIA Division I | 786 | 11 | $97,921 | $8,902 |
| Nyack College | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 1,178 | 19 | $97,530 | $5,133 |
| University of Redlands | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,491 | 27 | $97,266 | $3,602 |
| Adelphi University | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 4,737 | 31 | $96,793 | $3,122 |
| Huntington University | IN | NAIA Division II | 871 | 18 | $96,742 | $5,375 |
| Lewis-Clark State College | ID | NAIA Division I | 2,263 | 21 | $96,510 | $4,596 |
| Southern University and A & M College | LA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,328 | 27 | $95,257 | $3,528 |
| Northwest Christian University | OR | NAIA Division II | 421 | 27 | $94,445 | $3,498 |
| Sacramento City College | CA | CCCAA | 5,328 | 27 | $94,167 | $3,488 |
| Stevenson University | MD | NCAA Division III with football | 3,065 | 27 | $94,066 | $3,484 |
| The Master's University and Seminary | CA | NAIA Division I | 953 | 14 | $93,412 | $6,672 |
| Concordia University-Ann Arbor | MI | NAIA Division II | 727 | 20 | $91,337 | $4,567 |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 9,350 | 62 | $91,117 | $1,470 |
| San Joaquin Delta College | CA | CCCAA | 6,351 | 19 | $90,944 | $4,787 |
| Long Beach City College | CA | CCCAA | 8,994 | 24 | $90,308 | $3,763 |
| Rowan University | NJ | NCAA Division III with football | 12,728 | 55 | $89,028 | $1,619 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 4,444 | 41 | $87,727 | $2,140 |
| University of New Orleans | LA | NCAA Division I without football | 4,644 | 22 | $85,198 | $3,873 |
| San Bernardino Valley College | CA | CCCAA | 3,812 | 8 | $83,744 | $10,468 |
| Rhodes College | TN | NCAA Division III with football | 1,974 | 26 | $83,593 | $3,215 |
| Texas Lutheran University | TX | NCAA Division III with football | 1,212 | 27 | $83,491 | $3,092 |
| Santa Monica College | CA | CCCAA | 11,084 | 16 | $83,481 | $5,218 |
| Saddleback College | CA | CCCAA | 5,785 | 16 | $82,465 | $5,154 |
| Grinnell College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,653 | 36 | $82,404 | $2,289 |
| Southwestern Christian University | OK | NAIA Division I | 636 | 11 | $81,882 | $7,444 |
| Albany State University | GA | NCAA Division II with football | 2,187 | 21 | $81,796 | $3,895 |
| Virginia University of Lynchburg | VA | Independent | 261 | 6 | $81,762 | $13,627 |
| Montana State University-Billings | MT | NCAA Division II without football | 2,470 | 29 | $81,408 | $2,807 |
| Bethany College | KS | NAIA Division II | 640 | 17 | $80,144 | $4,714 |
| Utica College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 2,730 | 62 | $79,957 | $1,290 |
| Saint John Fisher College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 2,601 | 31 | $78,445 | $2,530 |
| Southwestern Oklahoma State University | OK | NCAA Division II with football | 3,658 | 15 | $77,801 | $5,187 |
| Whitworth University | WA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,246 | 35 | $77,781 | $2,222 |
| DeSales University | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 1,854 | 24 | $77,569 | $3,232 |
| Coahoma Community College | MS | NJCAA Division I | 1,569 | 8 | $75,973 | $9,497 |
| Dominican College of Blauvelt | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 1,330 | 10 | $75,664 | $7,566 |
| Pima Community College | AZ | NJCAA Division I | 7,476 | 18 | $75,018 | $4,168 |
| Whittier College | CA | NJCAA Division III | 1,577 | 21 | $75,005 | $3,572 |
| Monroe College | NY | NJCAA Division I | 4,353 | 14 | $74,872 | $5,348 |
| California State University-East Bay | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 11,553 | 18 | $74,196 | $4,122 |
| Bakersfield College | CA | CCCAA | 6,363 | 19 | $74,026 | $3,896 |
| California Lutheran University | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,765 | 29 | $73,913 | $2,549 |
| Wartburg College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,433 | 69 | $73,352 | $1,063 |
| Trinity Christian College | IL | NAIA Division II | 903 | 25 | $73,202 | $2,928 |
| Lane College | TN | NCAA Division II with football | 1,356 | 16 | $72,573 | $4,536 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon | PR | NCAA Division II without football | 4,282 | 17 | $72,178 | $4,246 |
| Albion College | MI | NCAA Division III with football | 1,384 | 40 | $70,687 | $1,767 |
| Bemidji State University | MN | NCAA Division II with football | 3,400 | 21 | $70,678 | $3,366 |
| Dickinson State University | ND | NAIA Division I | 904 | 20 | $69,878 | $3,494 |
| Vassar College | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 2,390 | 30 | $69,734 | $2,324 |
| Salve Regina University | RI | NCAA Division III with football | 1,975 | 30 | $69,161 | $2,305 |
| Huston-Tillotson University | TX | NAIA Division I | 917 | 14 | $68,941 | $4,924 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,488 | 41 | $68,849 | $1,679 |
| Dickinson College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 2,356 | 47 | $68,778 | $1,463 |
| Pratt Community College | KS | NJCAA Division I | 593 | 18 | $67,855 | $3,770 |
| Xavier University | OH | NCAA Division I without football | 4,292 | 33 | $67,327 | $2,040 |
| Lees-McRae College | NC | NCAA Division II without football | 978 | 16 | $67,151 | $4,197 |
| American River College | CA | CCCAA | 6,254 | 23 | $66,960 | $2,911 |
| Sonoma State University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 7,793 | 30 | $66,803 | $2,227 |
| Roberts Wesleyan College | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 1,207 | 39 | $66,721 | $1,711 |
| Gallaudet University | DC | NCAA Division III with football | 1,082 | 24 | $65,831 | $2,743 |
| SUNY Cortland | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 6,187 | 41 | $65,780 | $1,604 |
| The College of Saint Scholastica | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 2,249 | 23 | $65,668 | $2,855 |
| Colby College | ME | NCAA Division III with football | 1,879 | 39 | $65,501 | $1,680 |
| Paradise Valley Community College | AZ | NJCAA Division II | 2,185 | 13 | $65,136 | $5,010 |
| North Central College | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 2,534 | 55 | $64,720 | $1,177 |
| Southern Oregon University | OR | NAIA Division II | 3,507 | 26 | $63,515 | $2,443 |
| Washington and Lee University | VA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,818 | 29 | $62,709 | $2,162 |
| Mercer University | GA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 4,012 | 26 | $62,676 | $2,411 |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 10,046 | 70 | $62,253 | $889 |
| Robert Morris University Illinois | IL | NAIA Division II | 2,253 | 20 | $62,103 | $3,105 |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 9,142 | 71 | $61,809 | $871 |
| Bethel College-North Newton | KS | NAIA Division II | 441 | 9 | $61,484 | $6,832 |
| University of La Verne | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 3,812 | 21 | $61,139 | $2,911 |
| Lourdes University | OH | NAIA Division II | 842 | 13 | $60,888 | $4,684 |
| University of Utah | UT | NCAA Division I-FBS | 17,081 | 38 | $60,601 | $1,595 |
| Upper Iowa University | IA | NCAA Division II with football | 2,224 | 20 | $60,000 | $3,000 |
| Aurora University | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 3,302 | 45 | $59,845 | $1,330 |
| SUNY College at Plattsburgh | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 4,812 | 27 | $59,656 | $2,209 |
| Miles College | AL | NCAA Division II with football | 1,771 | 18 | $59,533 | $3,307 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 6,804 | 51 | $59,274 | $1,162 |
| Trinity University | TX | NCAA Division III with football | 2,244 | 31 | $59,129 | $1,907 |
| Clackamas Community College | OR | NWAC | 2,673 | 16 | $58,869 | $3,679 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 7,679 | 53 | $58,472 | $1,103 |
| Paine College | GA | NCAA Division II without football | 389 | 19 | $58,328 | $3,070 |
| Soka University of America | CA | NAIA Division I | 417 | 19 | $57,787 | $3,041 |
| Fullerton College | CA | CCCAA | 7,228 | 10 | $57,724 | $5,772 |
| Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 1,584 | 38 | $57,526 | $1,514 |
| Santa Barbara City College | CA | CCCAA | 6,265 | 13 | $56,844 | $4,373 |
| Moorpark College | CA | CCCAA | 5,666 | 23 | $56,827 | $2,471 |
| Ohio Northern University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 2,047 | 43 | $56,658 | $1,318 |
| De Anza College | CA | CCCAA | 10,392 | 27 | $56,378 | $2,088 |
| West Los Angeles College | CA | Other | 2,825 | 21 | $56,336 | $2,683 |
| Lewis & Clark College | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 2,024 | 23 | $56,117 | $2,440 |
| Texas College | TX | NAIA Division I | 920 | 5 | $56,058 | $11,212 |
| Bethel University | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 2,377 | 42 | $55,791 | $1,328 |
| William Carey University | MS | NAIA Division I | 1,630 | 15 | $55,486 | $3,699 |
| Modesto Junior College | CA | CCCAA | 5,759 | 20 | $54,864 | $2,743 |
| The College of Saint Rose | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 2,510 | 14 | $54,644 | $3,903 |
| Belmont Abbey College | NC | NCAA Division II without football | 1,403 | 22 | $54,399 | $2,473 |
| Hamilton College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 1,866 | 28 | $53,915 | $1,926 |
| St Olaf College | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 2,983 | 64 | $53,142 | $830 |
| Pasadena City College | CA | CCCAA | 10,401 | 7 | $53,126 | $7,589 |
| Campbellsville University | KY | NAIA Division I | 1,997 | 25 | $52,980 | $2,119 |
| Fort Lewis College | CO | NCAA Division II with football | 3,137 | 27 | $52,654 | $1,950 |
| Roanoke College | VA | NCAA Division III without football | 1,919 | 32 | $52,604 | $1,644 |
| Loras College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 1,400 | 55 | $51,558 | $937 |
| Ventura College | CA | CCCAA | 4,262 | 22 | $51,254 | $2,330 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education
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