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Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association

California State University, Chico Baseball

Chico, CA · the Wildcats · California State University, Chico overview
44
Roster
2024–25 season
$710k
Team budget
73rd percentile in Division II
$16,134
Per roster spot
median $12,001
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
94%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

California State University, Chico fields a baseball team in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 44 players, about the median of 45, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $709,906, above the median of $584k — $16,134 per roster spot, top quarter of Division II baseball programs. The school gave $425,356 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $2,311 per roster spot.

Among Division II baseball programs

Where this program sits against its 247 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$710k
Spend per player$16,134
Roster size44
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$132k$1.8M
this programevery Division II baseball program

Roster sizes

25120
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster44 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$709,906 for the year
  • Operating expenses$200,102 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$16,134 division median $12,001
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$425,356 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$2,311 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$10,187 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Dave Taylor head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Mark TaylorAssistant Baseball CoachOn file · sign in
Patrick BarnumAssistant Baseball 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 baseball players472,598 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots11,990 247 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 39 2.5% 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.
13,160undergraduates · 14,523 students in all
Women 57% Men 43%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
94%admitted · of 22,263 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
64%
44on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$709,906 $16,134 per roster spot · upper half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$425,356
Recruiting spend, men's
$10,187
$15,187net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$28,030
Sticker, out-of-state$39,910
Average net price$15,187
Net price by family income
$0–30k$10,045
$30–48k$10,612
$48–75k$13,937
$75–110k$18,380
$110k and up$23,572
Tuition & fees
$8,064 in-state · $19,944 out

Campus safety

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0.46violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.46
Property0.39
In residence halls
3 burglaries · 12 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
3 over 2022–2024
14%of bachelor's degrees in business · 25 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Business460 · 14%
Social sciences335 · 10%
Health professions & nursing266 · 8%
Psychology259 · 8%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation204 · 6%

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Baseball programs within 150 miles

California State University, ChicoJessup University · 69 miUniversity of California, Davis · 82 miCalifornia State University, Sacramento · 84 miUniversity of Nevada, Reno · 109 miUniversity of the Pacific · 124 miUniversity of California, Berkeley · 130 miSaint Mary's College of California · 131 miUniversity of San Francisco · 139 miCalifornia State University, East Bay · 144 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Jessup University Division II · Pacific West Conference6957$710k—77%
University of California, Davis Division I · Mountain West Conference8243$1.5M98942%
California State University, Sacramento Division I · Big West Conference8444$2.2M96594%
University of Nevada, Reno Division I · Mountain West Conference10939$2.2M95485%
University of the Pacific Division I · West Coast Conference12441$2M95995%
University of California, Berkeley Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference13043$2.6M97412%
Saint Mary's College of California Division I · West Coast Conference13140$2.6M97689%
University of San Francisco Division I · West Coast Conference13940$2.1M98151%
California State University, East Bay Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association14438$554k—97%

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