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Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Northwest Nazarene University Women's Basketball

Nampa, ID · the Nighthawks · Northwest Nazarene University overview
15
Roster
2024–25 season
$805k
Team budget
87th percentile in Division II
$53,659
Per roster spot
median $35,547
6
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
63%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Northwest Nazarene University fields a women's basketball team in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $804,893, above the median of $576k — $53,659 per roster spot, top quarter of Division II women's basketball programs. The school gave $1,603,515 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $9,659 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$805k
Spend per player$53,659
Roster size15
Coaching staff6

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

  • Roster15 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
  • Team expenses$804,893 for the year
  • Operating expenses$145,010 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$53,659 division median $35,547
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$1,603,515 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$9,659 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$30,474 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Steve Steele 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.
1,156undergraduates · 1,774 students in all
Women 62% Men 38%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Church of the Nazarene
63%admitted · of 3,571 applicants
SAT middle 50%940 – 1210
ACT middle 50%25 – 31
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
63%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
15on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$804,893 $53,660 per roster spot · top quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$1,603,515
Recruiting spend, women's
$30,474
$27,291net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$56,586
Average net price$27,291
Net price by family income
$0–30k$22,918
$30–48k$21,975
$48–75k$24,101
$75–110k$26,385
$110k and up$28,028
Tuition & fees
$40,895

Campus safety

Full picture →
0.2violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.20
Property0.41
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 0 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
2 over 2022–2024
19%of bachelor's degrees in health professions & nursing · 21 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Health professions & nursing51 · 19%
Business39 · 15%
Biological sciences28 · 11%
Public administration & social work24 · 9%
Education21 · 8%

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Northwest Nazarene UniversityBoise State University · 18 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Boise State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference1818$3M100084%

Other women's basketball programs in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Alaska Anchorage15$1.1M$76,099—vs
Western Washington University14$1.1M$75,334—vs
Northwest Nazarene University15$805k$53,659—vs
Montana State University Billings14$773k$55,225—vs
Saint Martin's University14$767k$54,753—vs
University of Alaska Fairbanks14$680k$48,602—vs
Seattle Pacific University13$625k$48,048—vs
Western Oregon University14$586k$41,835—vs
Central Washington University14$580k$41,429—vs
Simon Fraser University————vs

Every Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked