Who spends the most on athletic student aid
Scholarship dollars awarded to student-athletes.
Michigan
$31.83M · $31,832,324
Virginia
$25.38M · $25,375,469
Rutgers
$23.15M · $23,150,831
Clemson
$21.96M · $21,964,110
Arizona State
$20.01M · $20,012,528
Michigan State
$19.67M · $19,670,805
Florida
$19.28M · $19,280,971
Auburn
$19.16M · $19,156,937
UCLA
$18.91M · $18,912,401
Alabama
$18.55M · $18,552,770
Indiana
$18.38M · $18,375,869
Oklahoma
$17.24M · $17,242,310
Arizona
$16.56M · $16,564,008
Georgia
$15.24M · $15,241,994
Louisville
$15.18M · $15,178,522
Iowa
$14.87M · $14,867,866
UConn
$14.67M · $14,665,170
Texas
$13.92M · $13,922,893
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$13.75M · $13,752,216
Georgia Tech
$13.56M · $13,561,748
Texas A&M
$13.32M · $13,321,847
Purdue
$12.93M · $12,926,780
Kansas
$12.92M · $12,922,225
Nebraska
$12.70M · $12,695,377
NC State
$12.28M · $12,284,169
Mississippi State
$11.81M · $11,809,282
UNLV
$11.65M · $11,649,276
Oregon State
$11.33M · $11,327,974
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$11.29M · $11,291,965
Boise State
$11.13M · $11,128,675
San Diego State
$11.11M · $11,111,128
Eastern Michigan
$11.09M · $11,086,717
University of California, Davis
$11.01M · $11,013,510
Colorado State
$10.93M · $10,931,302
Florida State
$10.86M · $10,861,181
William & Mary
$10.83M · $10,825,361
UCF
$10.77M · $10,774,516
Middle Tennessee
$10.74M · $10,735,163
Buffalo
$10.53M · $10,533,910
Nevada
$10.38M · $10,379,063
East Carolina
$10.26M · $10,259,251
Memphis
$9.92M · $9,922,464
South Florida
$9.76M · $9,764,938
Arkansas State
$9.75M · $9,751,735
Georgia Southern
$9.51M · $9,508,314
Wyoming
$9.30M · $9,298,825
San José State
$9.26M · $9,261,389
Georgia State
$9.25M · $9,253,239
Towson
$9.17M · $9,174,812
Oklahoma State
$9.13M · $9,129,477
UAlbany
$9.03M · $9,025,153
UAB
$8.85M · $8,851,497
Stony Brook
$8.84M · $8,843,199
VCU
$8.79M · $8,790,418
Ball State
$8.62M · $8,615,610
Western Michigan
$8.61M · $8,614,548
Vermont
$8.48M · $8,476,293
Texas State
$8.12M · $8,120,202
Northern Illinois
$8.11M · $8,106,428
Maine
$8.06M · $8,060,272
Fresno State
$8.05M · $8,053,470
California Polytechnic State University
$8.05M · $8,045,734
George Mason University
$7.91M · $7,913,249
Jacksonville State
$7.88M · $7,881,079
Charlotte
$7.86M · $7,861,644
Texas Tech
$7.82M · $7,823,759
Kennesaw State
$7.77M · $7,766,471
Morgan State
$7.44M · $7,442,557
Lamar
$7.43M · $7,427,462
Illinois State University
$7.39M · $7,394,659
Sacramento State
$7.30M · $7,295,277
Missouri State
$7.25M · $7,249,622
Montana State
$7.19M · $7,187,132
VMI
$7.07M · $7,072,670
South Alabama
$6.90M · $6,902,377
Central Michigan
$6.80M · $6,801,312
Montana
$6.73M · $6,731,599
The Citadel
$6.70M · $6,703,950
UC Santa Barbara
$6.64M · $6,641,807
Eastern Kentucky
$6.64M · $6,641,700
Southern Miss
$6.62M · $6,615,615
North Dakota
$6.46M · $6,460,181
Sam Houston
$6.28M · $6,278,201
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$6.22M · $6,217,466
Tarleton State University
$6.09M · $6,093,094
Chattanooga
$6.05M · $6,045,461
Longwood
$5.97M · $5,973,911
Stephen F. Austin State University
$5.97M · $5,969,623
Indiana State
$5.84M · $5,841,723
Portland State University
$5.78M · $5,782,312
Murray State University
$5.62M · $5,620,952
Alabama A&M
$5.51M · $5,512,559
Oakland
$5.51M · $5,508,584
Norfolk State
$5.47M · $5,465,706
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$5.45M · $5,447,302
Austin Peay State University
$5.42M · $5,424,437
South Dakota
$5.33M · $5,332,746
Binghamton
$5.32M · $5,322,689
North Dakota State
$5.30M · $5,304,948
Northern Michigan University
$5.18M · $5,183,702
North Carolina Central
$5.06M · $5,063,875
Florida Gulf Coast University
$5.05M · $5,049,563
Eastern Washington
$4.86M · $4,864,578
North Alabama
$4.86M · $4,863,946
Western Illinois
$4.74M · $4,744,586
University of Nebraska at Omaha
$4.67M · $4,669,293
California State University, Fullerton
$4.65M · $4,646,264
South Dakota State
$4.59M · $4,586,507
University of Northern Iowa
$4.58M · $4,584,254
Eastern Illinois
$4.56M · $4,555,362
California State University, Northridge
$4.55M · $4,547,844
UC Riverside
$4.39M · $4,394,745
Florida Atlantic
$4.38M · $4,382,761
Jackson State
$4.31M · $4,305,512
Prairie View A&M
$4.19M · $4,189,519
Florida A&M University
$4.10M · $4,104,991
Long Beach State
$3.96M · $3,955,108
Texas Southern University
$3.83M · $3,834,679
University of South Carolina Upstate
$3.74M · $3,740,975
Winthrop
$3.66M · $3,658,837
South Carolina State University
$3.53M · $3,533,554
Western Carolina
$3.48M · $3,482,328
Northern Kentucky University
$3.35M · $3,351,573
University of West Florida
$3.17M · $3,173,360
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
$3.11M · $3,108,486
Missouri Western State University
$3.10M · $3,098,139
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$2.88M · $2,882,420
Radford
$2.81M · $2,808,268
Florida International
$2.72M · $2,722,131
Alcorn State University
$2.70M · $2,702,613
Chicago State University
$2.56M · $2,563,965
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
$2.53M · $2,528,527
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$2.52M · $2,519,382
Morehead State
$2.39M · $2,385,835
St. Cloud State University
$2.28M · $2,278,980
Coppin State University
$2.09M · $2,093,489
Augusta University
$2.03M · $2,034,136
Western Washington University
$1.96M · $1,957,669
University of the District of Columbia
$1.88M · $1,882,063
University of North Georgia
$1.79M · $1,788,962
Mississippi Valley State University
$1.63M · $1,627,295
South Dakota School of Mines &
$1.56M · $1,561,559
California State Polytechnic University,
$1.52M · $1,523,004
Montana State University Billings
$1.50M · $1,495,295
California State University, East Bay
$1.42M · $1,420,570
California State University, Los Angeles
$1.40M · $1,401,247
Bowie State University
$1.20M · $1,199,910
Sonoma State University
$993K · $992,695
California State University, Monterey Bay
$933K · $932,670
California State University San Marcos
$864K · $864,256
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.