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Division II · Mountain East Conference

Fairmont State University Men's Basketball

Fairmont, WV · the Fighting Falcons · Fairmont State University overview
20
Roster
2024–25 season
$841k
Team budget
81st percentile in Division II
$42,058
Per roster spot
median $37,568
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
99%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Fairmont State University fields a men's basketball team in the Mountain East Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 20 players, above the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $841,179, above the median of $642k — $42,058 per roster spot, upper half of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $1,153,287 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $4,949 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$841k
Spend per player$42,058
Roster size20
Coaching staff4

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

  • Roster20 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$841,179 for the year
  • Operating expenses$152,152 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$42,058 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$1,153,287 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$4,949 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$12,893 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Daniel Mondragon 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.
3,060undergraduates · 3,307 students in all
Women 57% Men 43%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
99%admitted · of 1,979 applicants
SAT middle 50%830 – 1040
ACT middle 50%17 – 23
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
45%

Men's Basketball

Full picture →
20on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$841,179 $42,059 per roster spot · top quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$1,153,287
Recruiting spend, men's
$12,893
$10,993net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$22,940
Sticker, out-of-state$32,858
Average net price$10,993
Net price by family income
$0–30k$8,019
$30–48k$8,713
$48–75k$9,166
$75–110k$10,588
$110k and up$9,661
Tuition & fees
$8,454 in-state · $18,372 out

Campus safety

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0.71violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.71
Property0.91
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 7 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
14%of bachelor's degrees in business · 22 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business76 · 14%
Health professions & nursing64 · 12%
Engineering technologies46 · 9%
Social sciences45 · 8%
Education41 · 8%

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Fairmont State UniversityWest Virginia University · 15 miSalem University (West Virginia) · 26 miWaynesburg University · 29 miWest Virginia Wesleyan College · 34 miDavis & Elkins College · 42 miPennsylvania Western University, Clarion · 43 miPennsylvania Western University, Edinboro · 43 miPennsylvania Western University, California · 43 miWashington and Jefferson College · 48 miWheeling University · 49 miGlenville State University · 52 miWest Liberty University · 53 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
West Virginia University Division I · Big 12 Conference1516$10M99586%
Salem University (West Virginia) Division II · Independent2620$407k——
Waynesburg University Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference2955$167k—92%
West Virginia Wesleyan College Division II · Mountain East Conference3424$309k—95%
Davis & Elkins College Division II · Mountain East Conference4237$621k—58%
Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference4349$1.5M—94%
Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference4349$1.5M—94%
Pennsylvania Western University, California Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference4349$1.5M—94%
Washington and Jefferson College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference4819$144k—82%
Wheeling University Division II · Mountain East Conference4921$593k—75%
Glenville State University Division II · Mountain East Conference5225$437k——
West Liberty University Division II · Mountain East Conference5315$621k—72%

Other men's basketball programs in the Mountain East Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Fairmont State University20$841k$42,058—vs
Davis & Elkins College37$621k$16,789—vs
West Liberty University15$621k$41,401—vs
Point Park University43$611k$14,209—vs
Wheeling University21$593k$28,252—vs
University of Charleston (West Virginia)20$559k$27,966—vs
West Virginia State University17$554k$32,611—vs
Concord University30$469k$15,641—vs
Glenville State University25$437k$17,493—vs
Frostburg State University22$400k$18,160—vs
Shawnee State University15$382k$25,451—vs
West Virginia Wesleyan College24$309k$12,875—vs

Every Mountain East Conference men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked