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Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Colorado Mesa University Women's Basketball

Grand Junction, CO · the Mavericks · Colorado Mesa University overview
23
Roster
2024–25 season
$798k
Team budget
86th percentile in Division II
$34,710
Per roster spot
median $35,547
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
81%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Colorado Mesa University fields a women's basketball team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 23 players, well above the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $798,343, above the median of $576k — $34,710 per roster spot, lower half of Division II women's basketball programs. The school gave $1,809,149 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $4,603 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$798k
Spend per player$34,710
Roster size23
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

  • Roster23 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$798,343 for the year
  • Operating expenses$138,711 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$34,710 division median $35,547
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$1,809,149 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$4,603 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$60,812 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Taylor Wagner 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.
8,711undergraduates · 8,995 students in all
Women 53% Men 47%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Baccalaureate college
Affiliation
None
81%admitted · of 10,631 applicants
SAT middle 50%930 – 1180
ACT middle 50%19 – 26
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
47%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
23on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$798,343 $34,711 per roster spot · top quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$1,809,149
Recruiting spend, women's
$60,812
$15,076net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$26,547
Sticker, out-of-state$41,147
Average net price$15,076
Net price by family income
$0–30k$11,547
$30–48k$11,755
$48–75k$15,061
$75–110k$18,182
$110k and up$20,288
Tuition & fees
$9,712 in-state · $24,312 out

Campus safety

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0.89violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.89
Property0.27
In residence halls
2 burglaries · 19 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
23%of bachelor's degrees in business · 23 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business278 · 23%
Health professions & nursing164 · 14%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation135 · 11%
Psychology83 · 7%
Criminal justice & protective services76 · 6%

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Colorado Mesa UniversityWestern Colorado University · 95 miFort Lewis College · 130 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Western Colorado University Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference9516$621k—97%
Fort Lewis College Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference13020$534k—93%

Other women's basketball programs in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Metropolitan State University of Denver14$921k$65,762—vs
Colorado Mesa University23$798k$34,710—vs
Colorado School of Mines14$763k$54,518—vs
University of Colorado Colorado Springs13$705k$54,223—vs
Western Colorado University16$621k$38,825—vs
Adams State University12$612k$50,994—vs
Regis University (Colorado)14$559k$39,914—vs
Fort Lewis College20$534k$26,717—vs
Colorado Christian University16$529k$33,082—vs
Black Hills State University14$528k$37,712—vs
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology15$502k$33,479—vs
Colorado State University Pueblo13$483k$37,125—vs
Chadron State College17$429k$25,237—vs
Westminster University (Utah)15$423k$28,187—vs
New Mexico Highlands University16$370k$23,119—vs

Every Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked