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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.
142Schools ranked
FY2024Fiscal year
$12.73MCombined 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

$889K · $888,623

+72% YoY
02

Rutgers

$589K · $588,762

+180% YoY
03

Georgia

$395K · $395,323

−5% YoY
04

Texas Tech

$377K · $376,885

no prior year
05

Texas

$373K · $372,689

+9% YoY
06

Arizona

$354K · $354,260

no prior year
07

Louisville

$333K · $333,186

no prior year
08

North Carolina

$322K · $322,258

−1% YoY
09

Mississippi State

$322K · $321,575

+38% YoY
10

Texas A&M

$300K · $300,465

no prior year
11

Michigan

$291K · $290,556

+16% YoY
12

Maryland

$290K · $289,535

+46% YoY
13

Clemson

$264K · $263,644

+10% YoY
14

Florida

$261K · $261,159

no prior year
15

Michigan State

$261K · $260,608

+88% YoY
16

UCLA

$228K · $227,930

+24% YoY
17

South Florida

$221K · $220,888

+19% YoY
18

Oklahoma State

$218K · $218,128

+57% YoY
19

Kentucky

$201K · $200,529

no prior year
20

Auburn

$194K · $194,436

no prior year
21

Nebraska

$189K · $188,959

+3% YoY
22

Georgia Tech

$187K · $186,633

−7% YoY
23

Oregon State

$186K · $186,456

no prior year
24

Indiana

$185K · $184,871

−8% YoY
25

UNLV

$183K · $183,320

no prior year
26

Iowa

$178K · $177,771

−1% YoY
27

NC State

$171K · $171,362

−19% YoY
28

Missouri

$145K · $145,354

+9% YoY
29

Charlotte

$137K · $137,062

+26% YoY
30

Memphis

$127K · $126,976

no prior year
31

Arizona State

$119K · $118,928

+11% YoY
32

Fresno State

$113K · $112,738

+35% YoY
33

San Diego State

$113K · $112,730

−8% YoY
34

University of Hawaii, Manoa

$111K · $110,951

+9% YoY
35

Alabama

$106K · $105,870

+120% YoY
36

Florida Atlantic

$106K · $105,754

+36% YoY
37

George Mason University

$101K · $100,552

−1% YoY
38

VCU

$100K · $100,112

−5% YoY
39

Missouri State

$97K · $96,851

−17% YoY
40

Nevada

$92K · $92,259

+11% YoY
41

William & Mary

$90K · $90,309

+16% YoY
42

UAB

$90K · $90,097

+3% YoY
43

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

$86K · $86,375

−3% YoY
44

Stephen F. Austin State University

$86K · $85,841

+39% YoY
45

Central Michigan

$79K · $79,081

+35% YoY
46

California Polytechnic State University

$79K · $78,560

−13% YoY
47

Army

$77K · $77,366

no prior year
48

Murray State University

$77K · $76,805

+19% YoY
49

UC Irvine

$75K · $75,210

+12% YoY
50

San José State

$73K · $72,804

no prior year
51

UMBC

$72K · $72,376

no prior year
52

Eastern Michigan

$72K · $72,284

+1% YoY
53

Ball State

$67K · $67,103

−13% YoY
54

Tarleton State University

$67K · $66,698

−10% YoY
55

University of Massachusetts Lowell

$65K · $64,574

no prior year
56

Texas State

$64K · $64,395

−36% YoY
57

Georgia Southern

$64K · $63,625

no prior year
58

Georgia State

$61K · $60,897

−13% YoY
59

University of Nebraska Omaha

$60K · $60,401

+72% YoY
60

New Mexico State

$58K · $57,819

−3% YoY
61

Austin Peay State University

$57K · $57,389

+27% YoY
62

Western Michigan

$56K · $55,629

−14% YoY
63

UAlbany

$55K · $55,036

+3% YoY
64

Long Beach State

$54K · $54,122

no prior year
65

Western Carolina

$54K · $53,965

−19% YoY
66

Marshall

$53K · $52,581

−34% YoY
67

NJIT

$52K · $52,493

−12% YoY
68

Maine

$51K · $51,028

−1% YoY
69

Arkansas State

$51K · $50,869

−15% YoY
70

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

$50K · $50,085

−36% YoY
71

Florida International

$50K · $49,751

−25% YoY
72

Florida Gulf Coast University

$49K · $49,485

−7% YoY
73

UIC

$49K · $48,540

−21% YoY
74

California State University, Bakersfield

$48K · $48,044

+8% YoY
75

Oakland

$47K · $46,768

+51% YoY
76

Eastern Illinois

$42K · $42,343

+29% YoY
77

Longwood

$39K · $38,532

−9% YoY
78

Southeast Missouri State University

$38K · $37,952

no prior year
79

Morehead State

$37K · $37,467

+82% YoY
80

Indiana State

$37K · $37,345

−24% YoY
81

Stony Brook

$35K · $35,174

−35% YoY
82

Purdue Fort Wayne

$34K · $33,852

−41% YoY
83

Winthrop

$33K · $33,483

+41% YoY
84

Towson

$32K · $31,946

−53% YoY
85

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

$32K · $31,940

−33% YoY
86

Sam Houston

$32K · $31,657

−15% YoY
87

North Alabama

$32K · $31,636

no prior year
88

Milwaukee

$32K · $31,579

+19% YoY
89

South Dakota State

$30K · $30,289

+16% YoY
90

UNC Asheville

$29K · $29,135

no prior year
91

Eastern Kentucky

$28K · $28,057

−12% YoY
92

Northern Kentucky University

$26K · $26,217

−47% YoY
93

University of West Georgia

$25K · $25,336

+103% YoY
94

Lamar

$25K · $25,196

−49% YoY
95

Morgan State

$25K · $24,771

+152% YoY
96

University of Central Missouri

$24K · $24,144

+56% YoY
97

Binghamton

$22K · $22,302

−23% YoY
98

California State University, Northridge

$21K · $21,225

−7% YoY
99

California State University, Fullerton

$21K · $21,109

−45% YoY
100

California State University, East Bay

$21K · $20,947

+192% YoY
101

California State Polytechnic University,

$21K · $20,501

+208% YoY
102

Kennesaw State

$19K · $19,216

−48% YoY
103

Western Illinois

$16K · $16,444

−30% YoY
104

Texas A&M International University

$16K · $16,040

−43% YoY
105

Missouri Western State University

$13K · $13,117

+20% YoY
106

Norfolk State

$13K · $12,653

no prior year
107

University of Illinois Springfield

$12K · $11,703

no prior year
108

University of West Florida

$12K · $11,618

−15% YoY
109

Sonoma State University

$11K · $11,359

+23% YoY
110

Truman State

$11K · $10,853

−24% YoY
111

St. Cloud State University

$10K · $9,943

−18% YoY
112

Montana State University Billings

$10K · $9,875

+56% YoY
113

Northwest Missouri State

$10K · $9,794

+57% YoY
114

Central Washington

$10K · $9,564

+31% YoY
115

Texas A&M-Kingsville

$9K · $8,878

−14% YoY
116

University of Texas Permian Basin

$8K · $8,282

+10% YoY
117

California State University, Monterey Bay

$8K · $8,110

+12% YoY
118

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

$8K · $7,773

no prior year
119

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$8K · $7,621

−21% YoY
120

Alcorn State University

$8K · $7,515

no prior year
121

Grand Valley State University

$7K · $6,654

−40% YoY
122

University of Missouri–St. Louis

$6K · $6,372

no prior year
123

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

$6K · $5,982

no prior year
124

California State University, Los Angeles

$6K · $5,798

−29% YoY
125

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

$5K · $5,281

+13% YoY
126

Jackson State

$5K · $5,199

−6% YoY
127

Augusta University

$5K · $5,042

no prior year
128

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$5K · $4,671

+228% YoY
129

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

$3K · $3,285

+17% YoY
130

College of Staten Island

$3K · $3,271

−46% YoY
131

UC Riverside

$3K · $3,249

−91% YoY
132

California State University San Marcos

$3K · $3,150

+111% YoY
133

Coppin State University

$3K · $2,748

−60% YoY
134

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

$2K · $2,449

−59% YoY
135

Frostburg State

$2K · $2,296

−22% YoY
136

Valdosta State University

$2K · $2,243

no prior year
137

California State University, Chico

$2K · $2,229

+70% YoY
138

Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

$2K · $1,621

+14% YoY
139

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

$1K · $1,478

+100% YoY
140

Savannah State University

$1K · $1,091

no prior year
141

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

$765 · $765

−22% YoY
142

University of North Georgia

$554 · $554

−35% 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.