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Who spends the most on 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.
172Schools ranked
FY2024Fiscal year
$154.31MCombined recruiting
831Reports parsed

Transportation, lodging, and meals for prospective student-athletes and for staff on official and unofficial visits.

Rank / schoolReported recruitingChange
01

Alabama

$7.10M · $7,096,598

+77% YoY
02

Georgia

$6.39M · $6,390,073

−14% YoY
03

Texas A&M

$6.35M · $6,353,264

no prior year
04

Texas

$5.78M · $5,783,496

+18% YoY
05

Clemson

$4.79M · $4,785,432

−1% YoY
06

Florida

$4.51M · $4,509,578

no prior year
07

Michigan

$4.08M · $4,080,327

−16% YoY
08

Rutgers

$3.72M · $3,718,426

−3% YoY
09

Kentucky

$3.61M · $3,610,996

no prior year
10

Texas Tech

$3.55M · $3,545,455

no prior year
11

Nebraska

$3.47M · $3,470,402

+19% YoY
12

Arizona

$3.40M · $3,400,293

no prior year
13

North Carolina

$3.24M · $3,244,785

+7% YoY
14

Missouri

$3.21M · $3,214,962

+16% YoY
15

Maryland

$3.12M · $3,123,959

+17% YoY
16

UConn

$3.12M · $3,122,384

+36% YoY
17

Indiana

$3.10M · $3,103,990

+24% YoY
18

Auburn

$3.09M · $3,086,354

no prior year
19

Georgia Tech

$3.02M · $3,021,823

+7% YoY
20

Louisville

$3.01M · $3,009,307

no prior year
21

NC State

$2.99M · $2,990,962

+20% YoY
22

Michigan State

$2.92M · $2,921,340

−4% YoY
23

Arizona State

$2.90M · $2,898,985

+58% YoY
24

South Florida

$2.78M · $2,778,325

+27% YoY
25

UCLA

$2.62M · $2,617,571

+25% YoY
26

Mississippi State

$2.47M · $2,471,910

+36% YoY
27

Oklahoma State

$2.38M · $2,375,115

+50% YoY
28

Iowa

$2.30M · $2,301,031

+3% YoY
29

Army

$2.10M · $2,099,060

no prior year
30

Oregon State

$2.01M · $2,013,775

no prior year
31

UNLV

$1.73M · $1,728,050

no prior year
32

Memphis

$1.36M · $1,364,825

no prior year
33

Charlotte

$1.31M · $1,306,880

+2% YoY
34

San Diego State

$1.13M · $1,126,952

+22% YoY
35

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

$1.10M · $1,104,940

+18% YoY
36

Wyoming

$1.10M · $1,103,915

no prior year
37

Marshall

$1.09M · $1,094,397

−17% YoY
38

Boise State

$1.07M · $1,073,505

+11% YoY
39

Eastern Michigan

$1.00M · $1,002,500

+14% YoY
40

Nevada

$992K · $992,066

+18% YoY
41

Tarleton State University

$976K · $975,909

+126% YoY
42

Western Michigan

$926K · $925,559

+72% YoY
43

Buffalo

$876K · $875,919

+9% YoY
44

Fresno State

$869K · $869,183

+14% YoY
45

Texas State

$850K · $850,325

−4% YoY
46

Florida Atlantic

$816K · $816,468

+10% YoY
47

UAB

$807K · $806,532

−8% YoY
48

University of Hawaii, Manoa

$795K · $795,260

−4% YoY
49

Arkansas State

$788K · $787,789

−7% YoY
50

San José State

$692K · $692,189

no prior year
51

New Mexico State

$688K · $688,163

+3% YoY
52

Central Michigan

$655K · $655,048

−12% YoY
53

Missouri State

$626K · $625,865

+4% YoY
54

North Dakota

$606K · $605,691

no prior year
55

California Polytechnic State University

$599K · $598,701

−3% YoY
56

Georgia State

$595K · $595,192

−3% YoY
57

Georgia Southern

$587K · $587,197

no prior year
58

Stephen F. Austin State University

$574K · $574,282

−15% YoY
59

Kennesaw State

$506K · $506,303

+56% YoY
60

Florida International

$506K · $505,900

−10% YoY
61

Austin Peay State University

$505K · $505,468

+63% YoY
62

George Mason University

$499K · $499,163

+8% YoY
63

North Dakota State

$491K · $491,354

+6% YoY
64

Idaho

$490K · $489,693

−2% YoY
65

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

$488K · $488,132

+15% YoY
66

Montana

$475K · $474,730

+9% YoY
67

Maine

$471K · $470,918

+9% YoY
68

South Dakota

$447K · $447,321

no prior year
69

VCU

$444K · $443,724

−9% YoY
70

Montana State

$431K · $430,611

no prior year
71

Eastern Washington

$430K · $429,715

no prior year
72

Indiana State

$428K · $428,252

+21% YoY
73

Stony Brook

$421K · $421,017

−3% YoY
74

Chattanooga

$421K · $420,869

no prior year
75

William & Mary

$414K · $413,592

−17% YoY
76

Towson

$409K · $409,249

−20% YoY
77

UIC

$390K · $390,182

+34% YoY
78

Ball State

$380K · $379,837

+1% YoY
79

University of Massachusetts Lowell

$373K · $372,853

no prior year
80

Murray State University

$370K · $369,713

+5% YoY
81

Florida Gulf Coast University

$365K · $365,142

+41% YoY
82

University of Nebraska Omaha

$349K · $349,275

+38% YoY
83

Sam Houston

$346K · $346,111

+5% YoY
84

Vermont

$343K · $342,670

+2% YoY
85

Grand Valley State University

$332K · $332,109

+21% YoY
86

UAlbany

$327K · $327,221

+10% YoY
87

Eastern Kentucky

$302K · $301,851

+13% YoY
88

California State University, Bakersfield

$290K · $290,424

+9% YoY
89

Portland State University

$273K · $273,376

flat
90

South Dakota State

$273K · $272,553

−23% YoY
91

The Citadel

$259K · $259,245

no prior year
92

University of Northern Iowa

$258K · $257,688

no prior year
93

Long Beach State

$249K · $249,233

no prior year
94

UC Irvine

$243K · $243,465

+14% YoY
95

Morgan State

$243K · $242,707

+115% YoY
96

UMBC

$242K · $242,211

no prior year
97

Western Carolina

$242K · $241,655

−7% YoY
98

Lamar

$241K · $240,808

−15% YoY
99

Northern Michigan University

$234K · $233,813

+15% YoY
100

Purdue Fort Wayne

$231K · $230,944

−4% YoY
101

St. Cloud State University

$230K · $229,992

flat
102

Eastern Illinois

$218K · $217,563

+35% YoY
103

University of Missouri-Kansas City

$196K · $196,377

−5% YoY
104

Morehead State

$196K · $195,614

+5% YoY
105

North Alabama

$193K · $193,118

no prior year
106

Southeast Missouri State University

$192K · $192,134

no prior year
107

NJIT

$192K · $191,595

−5% YoY
108

Binghamton

$192K · $191,558

−8% YoY
109

Longwood

$188K · $188,134

+15% YoY
110

Oakland

$188K · $187,667

−7% YoY
111

California State University, Northridge

$173K · $172,524

+5% YoY
112

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

$165K · $165,471

+16% YoY
113

University of Central Missouri

$161K · $161,153

−19% YoY
114

Winthrop

$158K · $158,465

flat
115

University of West Georgia

$150K · $150,154

+192% YoY
116

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

$148K · $147,577

−18% YoY
117

Valdosta State University

$146K · $146,464

no prior year
118

Milwaukee

$145K · $145,433

−13% YoY
119

Western Illinois

$144K · $143,935

−18% YoY
120

Northwest Missouri State

$143K · $143,484

+19% YoY
121

Texas A&M-Kingsville

$142K · $142,359

+32% YoY
122

California State University, Fullerton

$140K · $139,926

−20% YoY
123

California State Polytechnic University,

$138K · $137,737

+345% YoY
124

Texas A&M International University

$124K · $124,434

−1% YoY
125

University of Texas Permian Basin

$123K · $123,030

−48% YoY
126

Northern Kentucky University

$121K · $121,056

−35% YoY
127

UNC Asheville

$118K · $117,592

no prior year
128

Western Colorado University

$114K · $114,132

−11% YoY
129

Norfolk State

$112K · $112,285

no prior year
130

Nebraska-Kearney

$105K · $104,766

+1% YoY
131

University of West Florida

$101K · $101,100

+8% YoY
132

Alcorn State University

$100K · $100,122

no prior year
133

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

$100K · $99,712

no prior year
134

California State University, East Bay

$89K · $88,604

+33% YoY
135

Missouri Western State University

$86K · $85,632

+21% YoY
136

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

$82K · $81,591

no prior year
137

UC Riverside

$77K · $77,384

−52% YoY
138

Minnesota State Moorhead

$66K · $66,369

flat
139

Central Washington

$66K · $66,310

−20% YoY
140

Truman State

$66K · $65,837

+12% YoY
141

Western Washington University

$61K · $61,338

+25% YoY
142

California State University, Monterey Bay

$58K · $57,747

+24% YoY
143

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

$53K · $53,123

+18% YoY
144

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

$51K · $51,419

−45% YoY
145

North Carolina Central

$47K · $46,621

no prior year
146

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$46K · $46,412

flat
147

Glenville State

$46K · $45,968

no prior year
148

Sonoma State University

$45K · $44,863

+15% YoY
149

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

$44K · $43,614

−12% YoY
150

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

$42K · $42,069

+18% YoY
151

California State University, Chico

$41K · $41,482

−11% YoY
152

Texas Woman's University

$40K · $40,287

+17% YoY
153

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$39K · $39,083

+18% YoY
154

Frostburg State

$38K · $37,710

−47% YoY
155

University of Illinois Springfield

$35K · $34,797

no prior year
156

Montana State University Billings

$32K · $31,751

−18% YoY
157

University of Missouri–St. Louis

$31K · $31,194

no prior year
158

Augusta University

$31K · $30,658

+21% YoY
159

College of Staten Island

$24K · $23,800

−1% YoY
160

California State University San Marcos

$21K · $21,273

+180% YoY
161

University of North Georgia

$21K · $20,520

+25% YoY
162

Jackson State

$18K · $17,679

−47% YoY
163

California State University, Los Angeles

$14K · $13,665

−54% YoY
164

Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

$13K · $13,340

−51% YoY
165

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

$11K · $11,387

+18% YoY
166

Fort Valley State

$9K · $9,440

+45% YoY
167

Coppin State University

$9K · $9,004

−58% YoY
168

Savannah State University

$2K · $2,173

+44% YoY
169

University of the District of Columbia

$365 · $365

−71% YoY
170

Bowie State University

$0 · $0

no prior year
171

Chicago State University

$0 · $0

−100% YoY
172

Alabama A&M

$0 · $0

−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.