Athletics money
Biggest recruiting budgets
What the department spends finding and hosting recruits — travel, visits, materials — across all teams.
$6,783,390
#1 · University of Southern California
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA
$475,572
Median
of 360 schools, Division I
14.3×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
$4,979,750
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, Division I
#1 · University of Southern Californiaevery school
The spread across 360 schools; the median is $475,572.
How it is measured
Recruiting expenses, men’s plus women’s teams.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Recruiting expenses | Expenses | Athletes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $6,783,390 | $234M | 629 | |
| 2 | University of Miami (Florida) Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Coral Gables, FL | $6,478,885 | $230M | 438 | |
| 3 | University of Oklahoma Division I · Southeastern Conference · Norman, OK | $6,387,881 | $234M | 579 | |
| 4 | University of Alabama Division I · Southeastern Conference · Tuscaloosa, AL | $6,162,081 | $230M | 668 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan Division I · Big Ten Conference · Ann Arbor, MI | $6,057,451 | $222M | 910 | |
| 6 | University of Texas at Austin Division I · Southeastern Conference · Austin, TX | $5,755,764 | $277M | 564 | |
| 7 | Louisiana State University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Baton Rouge, LA | $5,262,297 | $220M | 498 | |
| 8 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville Division I · Southeastern Conference · Knoxville, TN | $5,125,917 | $285M | 636 | |
| 9 | Clemson University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Clemson, SC | $5,081,023 | $186M | 564 | |
| 10 | University of Georgia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Athens, GA | $4,979,750 | $227M | 582 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University, College Station Division I · Southeastern Conference · College Station, TX | $4,898,792 | $228M | 626 | |
| 12 | Pennsylvania State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · University Park, PA | $4,565,668 | $232M | 902 | |
| 13 | Butler University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Indianapolis, IN | $4,553,948 | $36M | 469 | |
| 14 | Auburn University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Auburn, AL | $4,409,793 | $196M | 555 | |
| 15 | University of Florida Division I · Southeastern Conference · Gainesville, FL | $4,400,799 | $199M | 555 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chapel Hill, NC | $4,192,937 | $181M | 830 | |
| 17 | The Ohio State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Columbus, OH | $4,097,895 | $295M | 956 | |
| 18 | University of Kentucky Division I · Southeastern Conference · Lexington, KY | $3,988,681 | $187M | 614 | |
| 19 | University of California, Berkeley Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA | $3,866,291 | $173M | 918 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Notre Dame, IN | $3,726,108 | $245M | 756 | |
| 21 | Duke University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Durham, NC | $3,640,958 | $181M | 730 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Division I · Big Ten Conference · Champaign, IL | $3,563,850 | $175M | 479 | |
| 23 | University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $3,500,798 | $173M | 683 | |
| 24 | Baylor University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Waco, TX | $3,486,409 | $144M | 555 | |
| 25 | University of Oregon Division I · Big Ten Conference · Eugene, OR | $3,482,608 | $165M | 525 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina, Columbia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Columbia, SC | $3,400,822 | $203M | 571 | |
| 27 | North Carolina State University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Raleigh, NC | $3,400,679 | $129M | 542 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona Division I · Big 12 Conference · Tucson, AZ | $3,399,513 | $133M | 501 | |
| 29 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Blacksburg, VA | $3,381,526 | $149M | 618 | |
| 30 | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division I · Southeastern Conference · Fayetteville, AR | $3,366,515 | $189M | 457 | |
| 31 | University of Washington Division I · Big Ten Conference · Seattle, WA | $3,345,720 | $175M | 619 | |
| 32 | University of Mississippi Division I · Southeastern Conference · Oxford, MS | $3,295,396 | $171M | 408 | |
| 33 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Division I · Big Ten Conference · Minneapolis, MN | $3,287,808 | $147M | 607 | |
| 34 | Brigham Young University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Provo, UT | $3,225,491 | $137M | 620 | |
| 35 | Mississippi State University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Mississippi State, MS | $3,181,575 | $157M | 386 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Division I · Big Ten Conference · Lincoln, NE | $3,172,140 | $198M | 618 | |
| 37 | University of Missouri, Columbia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Columbia, MO | $3,077,285 | $181M | 541 | |
| 38 | Southern Methodist University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Dallas, TX | $3,058,270 | $150M | 428 | |
| 39 | University of South Florida Division I · American Conference · Tampa, FL | $2,987,134 | $122M | 518 | |
| 40 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Division I · Big Ten Conference · New Brunswick, NJ | $2,958,026 | $172M | 756 | |
| 41 | Texas Tech University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Lubbock, TX | $2,950,060 | $128M | 437 | |
| 42 | Purdue University Division I · Big Ten Conference · West Lafayette, IN | $2,924,097 | $135M | 540 | |
| 43 | University of Virginia Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Charlottesville, VA | $2,910,628 | $151M | 789 | |
| 44 | Michigan State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · East Lansing, MI | $2,908,033 | $161M | 665 | |
| 45 | Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN | $2,866,689 | $146M | 453 | |
| 46 | Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA | $2,739,243 | $193M | 838 | |
| 47 | University of Maryland, College Park Division I · Big Ten Conference · College Park, MD | $2,722,746 | $129M | 546 | |
| 48 | Georgia Institute of Technology Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Atlanta, GA | $2,593,351 | $140M | 449 | |
| 49 | Indiana University, Bloomington Division I · Big Ten Conference · Bloomington, IN | $2,586,436 | $159M | 699 | |
| 50 | Florida State University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Tallahassee, FL | $2,547,845 | $193M | 476 | |
| 51 | Arizona State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Tempe, AZ | $2,513,287 | $149M | 616 | |
| 52 | Boston College Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA | $2,490,554 | $142M | 801 | |
| 53 | Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL | $2,474,978 | $132M | 518 | |
| 54 | Oklahoma State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Stillwater, OK | $2,453,087 | $154M | 477 | |
| 55 | University of Kansas Division I · Big 12 Conference · Lawrence, KS | $2,440,088 | $160M | 539 | |
| 56 | West Virginia University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Morgantown, WV | $2,398,488 | $117M | 508 | |
| 57 | University of Louisville Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Louisville, KY | $2,381,433 | $155M | 610 | |
| 58 | University of Utah Division I · Big 12 Conference · Salt Lake City, UT | $2,376,960 | $119M | 517 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Division I · Big Ten Conference · Madison, WI | $2,366,445 | $181M | 738 | |
| 60 | Texas Christian University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Fort Worth, TX | $2,358,075 | $156M | 553 | |
| 61 | University of Iowa Division I · Big Ten Conference · Iowa City, IA | $2,304,738 | $151M | 677 | |
| 62 | University of Central Florida Division I · Big 12 Conference · Orlando, FL | $2,226,660 | $104M | 423 | |
| 63 | University of Pittsburgh Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Pittsburgh, PA | $2,154,527 | $151M | 545 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Syracuse, NY | $2,085,676 | $109M | 611 | |
| 65 | University of Connecticut Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Storrs, CT | $2,024,354 | $97M | 589 | |
| 66 | Harvard University Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA | $2,010,610 | $48M | 1,058 | |
| 67 | University of Cincinnati Division I · Big 12 Conference · Cincinnati, OH | $1,999,976 | $119M | 447 | |
| 68 | Kansas State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Manhattan, KS | $1,947,734 | $101M | 446 | |
| 69 | Wake Forest University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Winston-Salem, NC | $1,943,890 | $115M | 440 | |
| 70 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Division I · Mountain West Conference · Las Vegas, NV | $1,941,096 | $75M | 418 | |
| 71 | Princeton University Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ | $1,918,867 | $50M | 1,020 | |
| 72 | University of Colorado Boulder Division I · Big 12 Conference · Boulder, CO | $1,872,538 | $162M | 372 | |
| 73 | Oregon State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Corvallis, OR | $1,789,710 | $100M | 503 | |
| 74 | Washington State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Pullman, WA | $1,655,562 | $69M | 455 | |
| 75 | San Diego State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · San Diego, CA | $1,510,132 | $90M | 466 | |
| 76 | University of Houston Division I · Big 12 Conference · Houston, TX | $1,500,405 | $100M | 445 | |
| 77 | Cornell University Division I · The Ivy League · Ithaca, NY | $1,494,234 | $47M | 1,150 | |
| 78 | Iowa State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Ames, IA | $1,457,184 | $104M | 460 | |
| 79 | Liberty University Division I · Conference USA · Lynchburg, VA | $1,443,640 | $62M | 551 | |
| 80 | Tulane University Division I · American Conference · New Orleans, LA | $1,438,728 | $66M | 412 | |
| 81 | Yale University Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT | $1,390,704 | $78M | 936 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico Division I · Mountain West Conference · Albuquerque, NM | $1,381,534 | $57M | 428 | |
| 83 | Eastern Michigan University Division I · Mid-American Conference · Ypsilanti, MI | $1,341,309 | $39M | 529 | |
| 84 | University of Memphis Division I · American Conference · Memphis, TN | $1,323,075 | $66M | 468 | |
| 85 | Boise State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Boise, ID | $1,321,465 | $70M | 382 | |
| 86 | Marquette University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Milwaukee, WI | $1,306,233 | $45M | 329 | |
| 87 | Columbia University-Barnard College Division I · The Ivy League · New York, NY | $1,295,842 | $43M | 799 | |
| 88 | Dartmouth College Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH | $1,293,264 | $42M | 882 | |
| 89 | Brown University Division I · The Ivy League · Providence, RI | $1,272,775 | $43M | 995 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fort Collins, CO | $1,258,088 | $56M | 375 | |
| 91 | University of Wyoming Division I · Mountain West Conference · Laramie, WY | $1,236,260 | $50M | 435 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst Division I · Mid-American Conference · Amherst, MA | $1,211,392 | $58M | 611 | |
| 93 | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Division I · American Conference · Charlotte, NC | $1,175,771 | $55M | 478 | |
| 94 | University of Pennsylvania Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA | $1,134,329 | $59M | 942 | |
| 95 | California State University, Fresno Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fresno, CA | $1,124,862 | $63M | 456 | |
| 96 | East Carolina University Division I · American Conference · Greenville, NC | $1,117,605 | $65M | 452 | |
| 97 | James Madison University Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Harrisonburg, VA | $1,073,274 | $68M | 492 | |
| 98 | Arkansas State University Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Jonesboro, AR | $1,040,179 | $34M | 412 | |
| 99 | Texas State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · San Marcos, TX | $1,017,674 | $52M | 383 | |
| 100 | Coastal Carolina University Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Conway, SC | $1,012,907 | $47M | 467 |
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