Bethune-Cookman University Women's Basketball
Bethune-Cookman University fields a women's basketball team in the Southwestern Athletic Conf. (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Team expenses were $1,172,246, well below the median of $2.2M — $78,149 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 981, about the median of 986, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $988,567 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $9,597 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's basketball programs
Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 15)
The program
- Roster15 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap15 at the cap
- Coaching staff1 head, 4 assistant
- Team expenses$1,172,246 for the year
- Operating expenses$426,602 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$78,149 division median $141,297
- Academic Progress Rate981 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained99% year to year
- Eligible97% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$988,567 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$9,597 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$75,954 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Demetria Frank head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
- Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's basketball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Private · Liberal arts college
- Affiliation
- United Methodist
- HBCU
- Yes
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 28%
Women's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $1,172,246 $78,150 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 4 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $988,567
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $75,954
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $14,794
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 6 burglaries · 2 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) Division II · Sunshine State Conference | 2 | 14 | $907k | — | 66% | |
| Stetson University Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference | 20 | 15 | $2.2M | 979 | 86% | |
| University of Central Florida Division I · Big 12 Conference | 43 | 15 | $4.2M | 981 | 40% | |
| Rollins College Division II · Sunshine State Conference | 47 | 15 | $983k | — | 41% | |
| Flagler College Division II · Peach Belt Conference | 50 | 14 | $892k | — | 78% | |
| University of North Florida Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference | 79 | 16 | $1.5M | 980 | 62% | |
| Florida Institute of Technology Division II · Sunshine State Conference | 83 | 16 | $767k | — | 63% | |
| University of Florida Division I · Southeastern Conference | 85 | 14 | $5.5M | 981 | 24% | |
| Jacksonville University Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference | 86 | 15 | $2M | 982 | 57% | |
| Saint Leo University Division II · Sunshine State Conference | 95 | 19 | $597k | — | 72% | |
| Florida Southern College Division II · Sunshine State Conference | 98 | 14 | $831k | — | 59% | |
| University of South Florida Division I · American Conference | 115 | 15 | $5.4M | 982 | 41% |
Other women's basketball programs in the Southwestern Athletic Conf.
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn State University at cap | 15 | $1.2M | $81,701 | 967 | vs | |
| Alabama A&M University 5 over cap | 20 | $1.2M | $59,154 | 934 | vs | |
| Grambling State University 2 over cap | 17 | $1.2M | $69,235 | 942 | vs | |
| Bethune-Cookman University at cap | 15 | $1.2M | $78,149 | 981 | vs | |
| Alabama State University 2 over cap | 17 | $1.1M | $66,460 | 967 | vs | |
| Texas Southern University room for 1 | 14 | $1.1M | $80,698 | 974 | vs | |
| Southern University, Baton Rouge 1 over cap | 16 | $1.1M | $68,084 | 964 | vs | |
| Prairie View A&M University room for 1 | 14 | $1M | $74,694 | 919 | vs | |
| Jackson State University 2 over cap | 17 | $979k | $57,585 | 974 | vs | |
| Florida A&M University 3 over cap | 18 | $934k | $51,870 | 946 | vs | |
| University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff room for 3 | 12 | $818k | $68,160 | 973 | vs | |
| Mississippi Valley State University 3 over cap | 18 | $619k | $34,390 | 944 | vs |
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