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Division I · Big West Conference

California State University, Bakersfield Women's Cross Country

Bakersfield, CA · the Roadrunners · California State University, Bakersfield overview
994
APR
100% of players retained
88%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

California State University, Bakersfield fields a women's cross country team in the Big West Conference (NCAA Division I). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 994, about the median of 994, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,236,358 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $9,939 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's cross country programs

Where this program sits against its 346 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

APR994

Team budgets across the division

$28k$1.3M

Roster sizes (cap 17)

535

The program

  • Division I roster cap17 from 2025-26
  • Academic Progress Rate994 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible99% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$2,236,358 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$9,939 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$133,612 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Marcia Mansur-Wentworth 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 cross country players191,733 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots656 346 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 290 0.34% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's cross country 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.
8,336undergraduates · 9,787 students in all
Women 66% Men 34%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
88%admitted · of 13,950 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
49%

Women's Cross Country

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Academic Progress Rate994
100% of players kept year to year
Athletic aid, women's teams
$2,236,358
Recruiting spend, women's
$133,612
$6,567net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$26,976
Sticker, out-of-state$38,856
Average net price$6,567
Net price by family income
$0–30k$3,070
$30–48k$3,977
$48–75k$6,183
$75–110k$10,935
$110k and up$16,810
Tuition & fees
$7,696 in-state · $19,576 out

Campus safety

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0.16violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.16
Property0.42
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 2 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
15%of bachelor's degrees in liberal arts & general studies · 23 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Liberal arts & general studies325 · 15%
Psychology297 · 14%
Business274 · 13%
Social sciences182 · 8%
Education160 · 7%

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Women's Cross Country programs within 150 miles

California State University, BakersfieldWestmont College · 70 miUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · 77 miCalifornia Lutheran University · 79 miCalifornia State University, Northridge · 83 miCalifornia Polytechnic State University · 88 miPepperdine University · 93 miUniversity of California, Los Angeles · 96 miOccidental College · 99 miCalifornia Institute of Technology · 101 miFresno Pacific University · 101 miUniversity of Southern California · 103 miLoyola Marymount University · 103 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Westmont College Division II · Pacific West Conference70———80%
University of California, Santa Barbara Division I · Big West Conference7719$185k98928%
California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.7912$35k—89%
California State University, Northridge Division I · Big West Conference83——100093%
California Polytechnic State University Division I · Big West Conference88——99330%
Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference93——100050%
University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference96——9959%
Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.99———40%
California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.10112$95k—3%
Fresno Pacific University Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association101———58%
University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference103——100010%
Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference10313$526k97940%

Other women's cross country programs in the Big West Conference

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