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Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association

California State University, Los Angeles Men's Basketball

Los Angeles, CA · the Golden Eagles · California State University, Los Angeles overview
16
Roster
2024–25 season
$789k
Team budget
77th percentile in Division II
$49,282
Per roster spot
median $37,568
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
92%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

California State University, Los Angeles fields a men's basketball team in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 16 players, about the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $788,516, above the median of $642k — $49,282 per roster spot, top quarter of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $613,642 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $4,174 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$789k
Spend per player$49,282
Roster size16
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

  • Roster16 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$788,516 for the year
  • Operating expenses$160,548 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$49,282 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$613,642 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$4,174 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$13,399 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Michael Cooper 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.
21,527undergraduates · 25,080 students in all
Women 58% Men 42%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
92%admitted · of 32,748 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
53%

Men's Basketball

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16on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$788,516 $49,282 per roster spot · top quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$613,642
Recruiting spend, men's
$13,399
$4,551net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$33,345
Sticker, out-of-state$45,225
Average net price$4,551
Net price by family income
$0–30k$2,855
$30–48k$3,231
$48–75k$5,373
$75–110k$8,813
$110k and up$14,599
Tuition & fees
$6,818 in-state · $18,698 out

Campus safety

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0.4violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.40
Property1.35
In residence halls
7 burglaries · 8 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
36 over 2022–2024
16%of bachelor's degrees in business · 27 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business872 · 16%
Health professions & nursing455 · 9%
Social sciences441 · 8%
Criminal justice & protective services423 · 8%
Psychology419 · 8%

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

California State University, Los AngelesOccidental College · 5 miCalifornia Institute of Technology · 5 miUniversity of Southern California · 7 miWhittier College · 10 miBiola University · 14 miCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills · 15 miLoyola Marymount University · 16 miUniversity of California, Los Angeles · 16 miAzusa Pacific University · 17 miLong Beach State University · 20 miCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona · 20 miCalifornia State University, Fullerton · 21 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.520$300k—40%
California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.514$219k—3%
University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference717$13M96710%
Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1015$143k—85%
Biola University Division II · Pacific West Conference1417$940k—60%
California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association1516$720k—91%
Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference1615$8.7M97040%
University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference1617$18M9459%
Azusa Pacific University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1717$695k—79%
Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference2015$2.5M96847%
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association2017$786k—74%
California State University, Fullerton Division I · Big West Conference2115$2.2M94587%

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