Who spends the most on athletic student aid
Scholarship dollars awarded to student-athletes.
Michigan
$28.31M · $28,305,835
Virginia
$22.64M · $22,635,692
Clemson
$19.33M · $19,334,315
Alabama
$18.95M · $18,952,318
Rutgers
$18.72M · $18,715,322
South Carolina
$18.21M · $18,211,521
Maryland
$17.90M · $17,902,058
Oklahoma
$17.46M · $17,457,999
Indiana
$17.45M · $17,448,383
Arizona State
$17.10M · $17,101,566
Michigan State
$17.07M · $17,074,013
Kentucky
$16.89M · $16,890,780
UCLA
$16.16M · $16,163,943
Texas
$13.70M · $13,697,568
North Carolina
$13.67M · $13,669,481
Texas A&M
$13.63M · $13,632,940
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$12.99M · $12,985,536
UConn
$12.89M · $12,889,346
Iowa
$12.74M · $12,741,085
Nebraska
$12.71M · $12,709,146
Missouri
$12.57M · $12,567,402
NC State
$12.07M · $12,071,960
Georgia
$11.88M · $11,877,100
Florida State
$10.79M · $10,789,646
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$10.60M · $10,599,831
UNLV
$10.31M · $10,312,897
Oregon State
$9.94M · $9,938,284
Boise State
$9.86M · $9,859,723
Eastern Michigan
$9.53M · $9,526,767
Kansas State
$9.44M · $9,435,954
Middle Tennessee
$8.96M · $8,964,759
South Florida
$8.86M · $8,857,013
East Carolina
$8.65M · $8,651,563
Oklahoma State
$8.56M · $8,556,005
Georgia State
$8.44M · $8,435,368
UAlbany
$8.38M · $8,375,566
Stony Brook
$8.37M · $8,367,833
Buffalo
$8.34M · $8,341,717
Towson
$8.33M · $8,329,889
UAB
$8.25M · $8,253,365
Wyoming
$8.21M · $8,211,660
New Mexico State
$8.20M · $8,203,120
VCU
$8.10M · $8,097,827
Florida International
$8.05M · $8,048,411
Marshall
$7.96M · $7,958,777
Arkansas State
$7.15M · $7,149,603
George Mason University
$7.12M · $7,122,318
Fresno State
$7.02M · $7,019,627
Utah State
$7.00M · $7,003,890
Northern Illinois
$6.93M · $6,929,394
Texas State
$6.76M · $6,759,349
Maine
$6.60M · $6,597,768
California Polytechnic State University
$6.44M · $6,438,338
Southern Miss
$6.08M · $6,081,668
Idaho
$5.97M · $5,972,966
North Dakota
$5.94M · $5,937,936
UC Santa Barbara
$5.93M · $5,929,668
App State
$5.85M · $5,845,032
Lamar
$5.79M · $5,786,219
UIC
$5.64M · $5,643,945
Portland State University
$5.63M · $5,628,331
Central Michigan
$5.60M · $5,604,743
UMBC
$5.60M · $5,602,898
Indiana State
$5.50M · $5,504,398
Montana
$5.43M · $5,425,335
Murray State University
$5.25M · $5,248,407
Michigan Tech
$5.21M · $5,209,782
Oakland
$5.20M · $5,203,779
Idaho State
$5.17M · $5,166,692
College of Charleston (South Carolina)
$5.15M · $5,152,469
Sam Houston
$5.12M · $5,117,654
NJIT
$5.05M · $5,054,785
Morgan State
$4.98M · $4,977,829
Weber State University
$4.73M · $4,734,912
Binghamton
$4.64M · $4,638,018
Milwaukee
$4.58M · $4,580,118
Austin Peay State University
$4.51M · $4,505,840
Central Connecticut
$4.46M · $4,458,902
University of Northern Iowa
$4.39M · $4,386,928
Florida Gulf Coast University
$4.36M · $4,357,788
Florida Atlantic
$4.27M · $4,266,654
South Dakota State
$4.26M · $4,255,228
Eastern Washington
$4.17M · $4,165,569
Alabama A&M
$3.77M · $3,771,822
California State University, Bakersfield
$3.77M · $3,770,231
Western Illinois
$3.76M · $3,759,826
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$3.74M · $3,741,727
Missouri University of Science and
$3.59M · $3,591,237
Wichita State
$3.52M · $3,521,614
Jackson State
$3.42M · $3,420,900
Eastern Illinois
$3.40M · $3,396,428
Winthrop
$3.33M · $3,334,123
North Carolina Central
$3.28M · $3,276,471
University of West Florida
$3.17M · $3,165,619
University of Central Missouri
$3.11M · $3,113,365
Northern Kentucky University
$3.09M · $3,090,575
Western Carolina
$3.02M · $3,017,118
Purdue Fort Wayne
$2.74M · $2,740,190
The University of North Carolina at
$2.70M · $2,702,792
Nebraska-Kearney
$2.69M · $2,689,838
University of North Carolina Wilmington
$2.58M · $2,584,582
Morehead State
$2.43M · $2,425,581
West Virginia State University
$2.42M · $2,423,843
South Carolina State University
$2.37M · $2,368,902
Angelo State
$2.35M · $2,353,093
Fort Lewis College
$2.35M · $2,347,260
Midwestern State University
$2.33M · $2,331,303
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$2.11M · $2,107,373
Alcorn State University
$1.98M · $1,976,013
New Mexico
$1.95M · $1,947,064
Eastern New Mexico University
$1.88M · $1,879,716
Emporia State University
$1.84M · $1,835,369
Coppin State University
$1.79M · $1,790,134
Cameron University
$1.63M · $1,625,286
Southeastern Oklahoma State
$1.57M · $1,568,779
Montana State University Billings
$1.51M · $1,511,042
University of Minnesota, Crookston
$1.23M · $1,231,280
Georgia College
$1.22M · $1,218,890
Black Hills State University
$1.08M · $1,083,213
Army
$0 · $0
How to read these rankings
These figures come from filed NCAA financial reports collected in our document corpus and parsed from the report text. 831 reports parsed cleanly; 56 could not be read and are absent from these rankings, so a school missing from a year has not necessarily reported nothing.
Football and basketball views come from the report's per-sport allocation tables. They cover recruiting and team travel, not aviation alone: commercial airfare, buses, hotels, meals, and other eligible costs share the same lines. A school can also leave some expenses unallocated.
Private universities have no public-disclosure obligation and generally do not appear. Fiscal years are not uniform — most close June 30, but some schools close on a different date, so a single “FY” column compares slightly different periods. Schools also categorize inconsistently between reports, so treat cross-school gaps of a few percent as noise rather than signal.