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Division II · Pacific West Conference

Biola University Men's Basketball

La Mirada, CA · the Eagles · Biola University overview
17
Roster
2024–25 season
$940k
Team budget
88th percentile in Division II
$55,296
Per roster spot
median $37,568
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
60%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Biola University fields a men's basketball team in the Pacific West Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 17 players, about the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $940,043, above the median of $642k — $55,296 per roster spot, top quarter of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $2,123,387 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $10,564 per roster spot.

Among Division II men's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 293 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$940k
Spend per player$55,296
Roster size17
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$56k$2.2M
this programevery Division II men's basketball program

Roster sizes

1261
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster17 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$940,043 for the year
  • Operating expenses$96,566 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$55,296 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$2,123,387 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$10,564 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$23,483 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Dave Holmquist head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots5,660 293 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 96 1.0% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
3,395undergraduates · 5,296 students in all
Women 54% Men 46%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
Undenominational
60%admitted · of 4,003 applicants
SAT middle 50%1130 – 1360
ACT middle 50%24 – 30
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
69%

Men's Basketball

Full picture →
17on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$940,043 $55,297 per roster spot · top quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$2,123,387
Recruiting spend, men's
$23,483
$30,510net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$63,006
Average net price$30,510
Net price by family income
$0–30k$23,001
$30–48k$21,504
$48–75k$25,038
$75–110k$28,830
$110k and up$35,263
Tuition & fees
$46,704

Campus safety

Full picture →
0.67violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.67
Property0.74
In residence halls
6 burglaries · 7 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
7 over 2022–2024
16%of bachelor's degrees in business · 21 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business126 · 16%
Health professions & nursing115 · 15%
Visual & performing arts111 · 14%
Psychology95 · 12%
Theology56 · 7%

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Biola UniversityWhittier College · 5 miCalifornia State University, Fullerton · 8 miLong Beach State University · 10 miChapman University · 12 miCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills · 14 miCalifornia State University, Los Angeles · 14 miCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona · 15 miAzusa Pacific University · 17 miCalifornia Institute of Technology · 17 miUniversity of Southern California · 17 miVanguard University · 18 miOccidental College · 19 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.515$143k—85%
California State University, Fullerton Division I · Big West Conference815$2.2M94587%
Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference1015$2.5M96847%
Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1220$312k—56%
California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association1416$720k—91%
California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association1416$789k—92%
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association1517$786k—74%
Azusa Pacific University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1717$695k—79%
California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1714$219k—3%
University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference1717$13M96710%
Vanguard University Division II · Pacific West Conference1818$771k—65%
Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1920$300k—40%

Other men's basketball programs in the Pacific West Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Point Loma Nazarene University16$1.1M$69,620—vs
Biola University17$940k$55,296—vs
University of Hawaii at Hilo16$884k$55,245—vs
Chaminade University15$877k$58,463—vs
Concordia University Irvine16$801k$50,058—vs
Vanguard University18$771k$42,838—vs
Hawaii Pacific University16$715k$44,669—vs
Westmont College14$699k$49,938—vs
Dominican University of California16$662k$41,348—vs
Jessup University16$535k$33,417—vs

Every Pacific West Conference men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked