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Who spends the most on women's basketball recruiting

Every figure is read from the school's own NCAA financial report — the annual filing each Division I athletics department submits to the NCAA. Ranked by reported dollars, not by results.
152Schools ranked
FY2023Fiscal year
$10.23MCombined women's basketball recruiting
831Reports parsed

Transportation, lodging, and meals for prospective student-athletes and for staff on official and unofficial visits. These figures are the amounts each school allocated to women's basketball.

Rank / schoolReported women's basketball recruitingChange
01

UConn

$516K · $515,879

+23% YoY
02

Oklahoma

$426K · $425,959

+8% YoY
03

Georgia

$417K · $417,142

+28% YoY
04

Texas

$343K · $343,006

−14% YoY
05

North Carolina

$325K · $324,627

+20% YoY
06

Michigan

$251K · $251,033

+18% YoY
07

Florida State

$249K · $248,927

+45% YoY
08

Clemson

$240K · $239,825

+16% YoY
09

Mississippi State

$233K · $233,137

no prior year
10

NC State

$211K · $211,484

+15% YoY
11

Rutgers

$210K · $209,975

+3% YoY
12

Indiana

$202K · $201,925

+37% YoY
13

Georgia Tech

$201K · $200,709

no prior year
14

Maryland

$199K · $198,715

+2% YoY
15

South Florida

$186K · $185,922

+17% YoY
16

Nebraska

$184K · $184,327

+32% YoY
17

UCLA

$183K · $183,442

+14% YoY
18

Iowa

$180K · $179,974

+14% YoY
19

Michigan State

$139K · $138,861

+8% YoY
20

Oklahoma State

$139K · $138,845

+11% YoY
21

Missouri

$134K · $133,544

+76% YoY
22

Purdue

$133K · $132,674

no prior year
23

San Diego State

$123K · $122,833

no prior year
24

East Carolina

$122K · $121,931

+18% YoY
25

Missouri State

$116K · $116,496

no prior year
26

Charlotte

$109K · $108,848

no prior year
27

Arizona State

$107K · $107,378

+20% YoY
28

VCU

$105K · $105,227

+26% YoY
29

George Mason University

$102K · $101,773

+16% YoY
30

University of Hawaii, Manoa

$101K · $101,385

+1% YoY
31

Texas State

$100K · $100,155

+60% YoY
32

UC Santa Barbara

$95K · $95,200

flat
33

California Polytechnic State University

$90K · $90,330

+1764% YoY
34

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

$89K · $88,912

−12% YoY
35

UAB

$88K · $87,757

+1% YoY
36

Fresno State

$84K · $83,752

+6% YoY
37

Nevada

$83K · $83,485

no prior year
38

Rhode Island

$82K · $82,226

no prior year
39

Marshall

$80K · $79,910

+29% YoY
40

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

$78K · $78,061

no prior year
41

Florida Atlantic

$78K · $78,044

−3% YoY
42

William & Mary

$78K · $77,642

no prior year
43

Ball State

$77K · $77,054

no prior year
44

Tarleton State University

$74K · $74,140

no prior year
45

Eastern Michigan

$72K · $71,524

no prior year
46

Georgia State

$70K · $69,738

+31% YoY
47

Towson

$68K · $67,769

+16% YoY
48

UC Irvine

$67K · $67,378

no prior year
49

Western Carolina

$67K · $66,875

+18% YoY
50

Florida International

$66K · $66,420

+41% YoY
51

Murray State University

$65K · $64,803

+38% YoY
52

Western Michigan

$65K · $64,650

no prior year
53

UIC

$62K · $61,590

+12% YoY
54

Stephen F. Austin State University

$62K · $61,555

no prior year
55

Arkansas State

$60K · $60,049

+11% YoY
56

New Mexico State

$60K · $59,843

+72% YoY
57

NJIT

$59K · $59,353

−1% YoY
58

Central Michigan

$59K · $58,664

−33% YoY
59

The University of North Carolina at

$58K · $58,320

+60% YoY
60

Purdue Fort Wayne

$57K · $57,289

+37% YoY
61

Illinois State University

$57K · $56,952

no prior year
62

North Carolina A&T State University

$57K · $56,777

no prior year
63

Stony Brook

$54K · $54,164

−24% YoY
64

Middle Tennessee

$54K · $53,742

+2% YoY
65

UAlbany

$53K · $53,181

+1% YoY
66

Florida Gulf Coast University

$53K · $53,061

+6% YoY
67

Maine

$52K · $51,800

+73% YoY
68

Northern Illinois

$51K · $51,427

+51% YoY
69

University of North Carolina Wilmington

$51K · $51,360

−15% YoY
70

Lamar

$50K · $49,674

+145% YoY
71

Northern Kentucky University

$49K · $49,070

+30% YoY
72

North Dakota State

$49K · $48,963

no prior year
73

Indiana State

$49K · $48,957

−22% YoY
74

Alabama

$48K · $48,040

no prior year
75

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

$47K · $47,406

no prior year
76

College of Charleston (South Carolina)

$46K · $45,513

−24% YoY
77

Austin Peay State University

$45K · $45,327

−4% YoY
78

California State University, Bakersfield

$44K · $44,413

−6% YoY
79

Longwood

$42K · $42,199

no prior year
80

California State University, Fullerton

$38K · $38,294

no prior year
81

Sam Houston

$37K · $37,240

+102% YoY
82

UC Riverside

$37K · $37,027

no prior year
83

Kennesaw State

$37K · $36,668

no prior year
84

University of Nebraska Omaha

$35K · $35,080

no prior year
85

Eastern Illinois

$33K · $32,790

+23% YoY
86

Eastern Kentucky

$32K · $32,054

no prior year
87

Oakland

$31K · $31,016

−12% YoY
88

Binghamton

$29K · $28,784

−28% YoY
89

Texas A&M International University

$28K · $28,049

no prior year
90

Milwaukee

$27K · $26,614

−24% YoY
91

South Dakota State

$26K · $26,018

−5% YoY
92

Winthrop

$24K · $23,798

−20% YoY
93

Angelo State

$24K · $23,610

+5% YoY
94

Western Illinois

$23K · $23,475

+101% YoY
95

California State University, Northridge

$23K · $22,897

no prior year
96

Morehead State

$21K · $20,597

+26% YoY
97

Ferris State

$16K · $16,254

no prior year
98

University of Central Missouri

$16K · $15,505

−1% YoY
99

Emporia State University

$15K · $15,219

+34% YoY
100

Central Connecticut

$15K · $14,544

−28% YoY
101

Truman State

$14K · $14,225

no prior year
102

Purdue University Northwest

$14K · $13,786

no prior year
103

University of West Florida

$14K · $13,652

flat
104

Minnesota Duluth

$13K · $13,133

no prior year
105

University of West Georgia

$13K · $12,504

no prior year
106

St. Cloud State University

$12K · $12,122

no prior year
107

Grand Valley State University

$11K · $11,104

no prior year
108

Northwestern State

$11K · $10,935

no prior year
109

Missouri Western State University

$11K · $10,903

no prior year
110

Texas A&M-Kingsville

$10K · $10,278

no prior year
111

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

$10K · $10,114

no prior year
112

Morgan State

$10K · $9,834

no prior year
113

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$10K · $9,703

no prior year
114

Sonoma State University

$9K · $9,243

no prior year
115

Metropolitan State University of Denver

$9K · $9,079

no prior year
116

California State University, Los Angeles

$8K · $8,206

no prior year
117

West Texas A&M University

$8K · $7,787

no prior year
118

University of Texas Permian Basin

$8K · $7,532

no prior year
119

Central Washington

$7K · $7,292

no prior year
120

California State University, Monterey Bay

$7K · $7,240

no prior year
121

California State University, East Bay

$7K · $7,178

no prior year
122

Coppin State University

$7K · $6,948

−8% YoY
123

California State Polytechnic University,

$7K · $6,660

no prior year
124

New Mexico Highlands University

$7K · $6,561

no prior year
125

Columbus State University

$7K · $6,512

no prior year
126

Montana State University Billings

$6K · $6,329

−21% YoY
127

Northwest Missouri State

$6K · $6,249

no prior year
128

College of Staten Island

$6K · $6,013

no prior year
129

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

$6K · $5,903

no prior year
130

University of Minnesota, Crookston

$6K · $5,706

−40% YoY
131

Jackson State

$6K · $5,532

+100% YoY
132

Cameron University

$5K · $5,470

−31% YoY
133

Georgia College

$5K · $5,469

+72% YoY
134

West Liberty University

$5K · $4,867

no prior year
135

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

$5K · $4,676

no prior year
136

Eastern New Mexico University

$4K · $4,004

flat
137

East Stroudsburg University of

$3K · $3,469

no prior year
138

Southeastern Oklahoma State

$3K · $2,999

+7% YoY
139

Frostburg State

$3K · $2,960

no prior year
140

Albany State University (Georgia)

$3K · $2,931

no prior year
141

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

$3K · $2,805

no prior year
142

West Virginia State University

$2K · $2,149

+64% YoY
143

California State University San Marcos

$1K · $1,492

no prior year
144

Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

$1K · $1,425

no prior year
145

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$1K · $1,422

no prior year
146

California State University, Chico

$1K · $1,312

no prior year
147

Queens College (New York)

$1K · $1,282

no prior year
148

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

$986 · $986

no prior year
149

University of North Georgia

$858 · $858

no prior year
150

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

$738 · $738

no prior year
151

Northeastern State University

$343 · $343

no prior year
152

Alabama A&M

$19 · $19

−100% YoY
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.