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Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Swimming

California State University, Bakersfield Women's Swimming & Diving

Bakersfield, CA · the Roadrunners · California State University, Bakersfield overview
20
Roster
room for 10 under the cap of 30
$537k
Team budget
30th percentile in Division I
$26,831
Per roster spot
median $29,970
7
Coaches
1 head · 6 assistant
983
APR
97% of players retained
88%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

California State University, Bakersfield fields a women's swimming & diving team in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Swimming (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 20 players, below the median of 30, with 1 head coach and 6 assistants. Team expenses were $536,632, below the median of $830k — $26,831 per roster spot, lower half of Division I women's swimming & diving programs. That leaves room for 10 under the Division I roster cap of 30 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 983, about the median of 995, with 97% 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 swimming & diving programs

Where this program sits against its 197 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$537k
Spend per player$26,831
Roster size20
Coaching staff7
APR983

Team budgets across the division

$107k$3.7M
this programevery Division I women's swimming & diving program

Roster sizes (cap 30)

253
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster20 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap30 room for 10
  • Coaching staff1 head, 6 assistant
  • Team expenses$536,632 for the year
  • Operating expenses$130,025 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$26,831 division median $29,970
  • Academic Progress Rate983 multi-year; 988 latest
  • Players retained97% year to year
  • Eligible100% 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
Shane Pelton head coachHead Coachnot on file
Zac GebhardtLead Assistant CoachOn file · sign in
Harry HomansAssistant Coachnot on file
Dyson ModicaDiving CoachOn file · sign in
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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 swimming & diving players138,303 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots5,811 197 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 24 4.2% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's swimming & diving 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 Swimming & Diving

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20on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 3020
room for 10
Academic Progress Rate983
97% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$536,632 $26,832 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 6 assistant
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 Swimming & Diving programs within 150 miles

California State University, BakersfieldWestmont College · 70 miUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · 77 miCalifornia Lutheran University · 79 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 miCalifornia State University, Fresno · 107 miAzusa Pacific University · 109 miWhittier College · 113 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Westmont College Division II · Pacific West Conference7021$292k—80%
University of California, Santa Barbara Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Swimming7727$483k99628%
California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.7924$143k—89%
Pepperdine University Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Swimming9334$483k100050%
University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference9640$2.3M9969%
Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.9914$103k—40%
California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.10125$112k—3%
Fresno Pacific University Division II · Independent10123$332k—58%
University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference10332$2.2M98010%
California State University, Fresno Division I · Pac-12 Conference10729$1.4M98896%
Azusa Pacific University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.10927$638k—79%
Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.11311$68k—85%

Other women's swimming & diving programs in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Swimming

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Denver at cap30$1.6M$54,142995vs
New Mexico State University 3 over cap33$1M$30,639980vs
Northern Arizona University room for 426$970k$37,309988vs
University of Northern Colorado room for 129$928k$32,001983vs
University of Idaho 7 over cap37$757k$20,462996vs
University of the Incarnate Word room for 624$655k$27,273988vs
California State University, Bakersfield room for 1020$537k$26,831983vs
University of San Diego 2 over cap32$505k$15,7791000vs
University of California, San Diego room for 426$494k$19,002—vs
Pepperdine University 4 over cap34$483k$14,2181000vs
University of California, Santa Barbara room for 327$483k$17,881996vs
University of the Pacific room for 1020$424k$21,181994vs
Utah Tech University room for 723$423k$18,381—vs
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley room for 1218$387k$21,514—vs
Seattle University room for 921$365k$17,401996vs
Saint Mary's College of California————vs

Every Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Swimming women's swimming & diving program · Women's Swimming & Diving budgets ranked