Start your board
Programs›Women's Basketball›Mississippi University for Women›Women's Basketball
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Mississippi University for Women Women's Basketball

Columbus, MS · the Owls · Mississippi University for Women overview
18
Roster
2024–25 season
$167k
Team budget
47th percentile in Division III
$9,298
Per roster spot
median $10,634
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
100%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Mississippi University for Women fields a women's basketball team in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 18 players, above the median of 16, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $167,368, about the median of $172k — $9,298 per roster spot, lower half of Division III women's basketball programs. The school reports no athletic aid for women's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.

Among Division III women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 401 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$167k
Spend per player$9,298
Roster size18
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$22k$1.7M
this programevery Division III women's basketball program

Roster sizes

544
this programevery Division III roster

The program

  • Roster18 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$167,368 for the year
  • Operating expenses$84,036 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$9,298 division median $10,634
  • Athletic aid, women's teamsNone school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$0 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$6,000 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Eric Vaughn head coachHead Coachnot on file
Put Mississippi University for Women on a target list, address the whole staff at once, and send each email yourself from Gmail — nothing goes out without you pressing Send.Start your board

Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youany time
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
  • Division III roster spots6,663 401 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 53 1.9% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division III; the women's basketball 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.
1,995undergraduates · 2,227 students in all
Women 78% Men 22%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
100%admitted · of 553 applicants
ACT middle 50%18 – 23
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
37%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
18on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$167,368 $9,298 per roster spot · lower half of Division III
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
None
Recruiting spend, women's
$6,000
$12,617net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$22,879
Average net price$12,617
Net price by family income
$0–30k$11,376
$30–48k$13,027
$48–75k$11,964
$75–110k$18,894
$110k and up$18,012
Tuition & fees
$8,092

Campus safety

Full picture →
0.15violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.15
Property2.13
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 1 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
60%of bachelor's degrees in health professions & nursing · 20 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Health professions & nursing385 · 60%
Business96 · 15%
Education23 · 4%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation21 · 3%
Biological sciences18 · 3%

Research Mississippi University for Women

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Mississippi University for WomenMississippi State University · 22 miUniversity of Alabama · 54 miUniversity of West Alabama · 64 miMiles College · 87 miUniversity of Mississippi · 88 miUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · 93 miUniversity of Montevallo · 94 miSamford University · 94 miUniversity of North Alabama · 100 miMississippi Valley State University · 111 miBelhaven University · 130 miMillsaps College · 130 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Mississippi State University Division I · Southeastern Conference2226$6.3M97876%
University of Alabama Division I · Southeastern Conference5430$5.4M97876%
University of West Alabama Division II · Gulf South Conference6415$612k—87%
Miles College Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.8716$526k——
University of Mississippi Division I · Southeastern Conference8815$8.5M96598%
University of Alabama at Birmingham Division I · American Conference9315$2.4M100088%
University of Montevallo Division II · Gulf South Conference9416$508k—54%
Samford University Division I · Southern Conference9413$1.4M100082%
University of North Alabama Division I · United Athletic Conference10015$1.4M100096%
Mississippi Valley State University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.11118$619k94451%
Belhaven University Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South13022$184k—53%
Millsaps College Division III · Southern Athletic Association13019$161k—49%

Other women's basketball programs in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Principia College20$218k$10,910—vs
Webster University21$216k$10,281—vs
Lyon College23$181k$7,863—vs
Mississippi University for Women18$167k$9,298—vs
Westminster College (Missouri)20$151k$7,538—vs
Blackburn College12$149k$12,392—vs
Spalding University17$128k$7,542—vs
Eureka College18$100k$5,583—vs
Greenville University22$93k$4,214—vs

Every St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked