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Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Bowie State University Women's Basketball

Bowie, MD · the Bulldogs · Bowie State University overview
17
Roster
2024–25 season
$681k
Team budget
74th percentile in Division II
$40,048
Per roster spot
median $35,547
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
84%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Bowie State University fields a women's basketball team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 17 players, above the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $680,831, above the median of $576k — $40,048 per roster spot, upper half of Division II women's basketball programs. The school gave $521,668 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $4,173 per roster spot.

Among Division II women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 294 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$681k
Spend per player$40,048
Roster size17
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$58k$1.8M
this programevery Division II women's basketball program

Roster sizes

1045
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster17 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$680,831 for the year
  • Operating expenses$154,954 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$40,048 division median $35,547
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$521,668 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$4,173 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$0 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Shadae Swan 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 players356,240 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots4,983 294 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 71 1.4% 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.
5,288undergraduates · 6,408 students in all
Women 62% Men 38%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
HBCU
Yes
84%admitted · of 6,245 applicants
SAT middle 50%796 – 1083
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
38%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
17on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$680,831 $40,049 per roster spot · upper half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$521,668
Recruiting spend, women's
$0
$16,117net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$26,431
Sticker, out-of-state$37,321
Average net price$16,117
Net price by family income
$0–30k$16,935
$30–48k$16,967
$48–75k$19,731
$75–110k$23,194
$110k and up$23,943
Tuition & fees
$8,999 in-state · $19,839 out

Campus safety

Full picture →
4.25violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent4.25
Property1.36
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 0 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
18 over 2022–2024
16%of bachelor's degrees in business · 18 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business124 · 16%
Computer & information sciences96 · 13%
Criminal justice & protective services89 · 12%
Psychology84 · 11%
Communications technologies79 · 10%

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Bowie State UniversityUniversity of Maryland, College Park · 10 miCatholic University · 14 miGallaudet University · 15 miU.S. Naval Academy · 15 miHoward University · 15 miUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County · 17 miUniversity of the District of Columbia · 17 miGeorge Washington University · 18 miGeorgetown University · 18 miAmerican University · 19 miCoppin State University · 21 miMarymount University (Virginia) · 21 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of Maryland, College Park Division I · Big Ten Conference1015$8.2M96345%
Catholic University Division III · Landmark Conference1419$325k—84%
Gallaudet University Division III · United East Conference1517$155k—61%
U.S. Naval Academy Division I · Patriot League15——9839%
Howard University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.1514$1.6M98135%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Division I · America East Conference1714$2M98874%
University of the District of Columbia Division II · East Coast Conference1712$519k——
George Washington University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference1824$6.3M99144%
Georgetown University Division I · BIG EAST Conference1818$4M100013%
American University Division I · Patriot League1913$1.8M98547%
Coppin State University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.2113$827k96450%
Marymount University (Virginia) Division III · Atlantic East Conference2115$152k—81%

Other women's basketball programs in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Virginia State University15$836k$55,720—vs
Bowie State University17$681k$40,048—vs
Shaw University17$628k$36,944—vs
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)16$612k$38,276—vs
Winston-Salem State University14$600k$42,887—vs
Elizabeth City State University28$538k$19,208—vs
Virginia Union University21$517k$24,618—vs
Fayetteville State University15$510k$33,979—vs
Johnson C. Smith University14$482k$34,429—vs
Claflin University16$464k$29,009—vs
Bluefield State University18$450k$24,977—vs
Livingstone College16$411k$25,667—vs

Every Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked