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Pennsylvania State University Women's Golf

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8
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 9
$701k
Team budget
69th percentile in Division I
$87,565
Per roster spot
median $59,127
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
54%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Pennsylvania State University fields a women's golf team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 8 players, about the median of 8, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $700,523, above the median of $473k — $87,565 per roster spot, upper half of Division I women's golf programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 9 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 1000, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $10,299,943 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $26,342 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's golf programs

Where this program sits against its 279 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

#88Team budgetof 279 · Division I#89Spend per playerof 279 · Division I#108Roster sizeof 279 · Division I#1APRof 279 · Division I
Team budget$701k
Spend per player$87,565
Roster size8
Coaching staff2
APR1000

Team budgets across the division

$84k$2.4M
this programevery Division I women's golf program

Roster sizes (cap 9)

413
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster8 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap9 room for 1
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$700,523 for the year
  • Operating expenses$114,839 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$87,565 division median $59,127
  • Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$10,299,943 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$26,342 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$857,977 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Kristen Simpson 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 golf players85,385 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots2,285 279 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 37 2.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's golf recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

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Campus

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42,223undergraduates · 50,399 students in all
Women 47% Men 53%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None

Getting in

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54%admitted · of 85,956 applicants
SAT middle 50%1220 – 1400
ACT middle 50%27 – 32
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
86%

Women's Golf

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8on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 98
room for 1
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$700,523 $87,565 per roster spot · upper half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$10,299,943
Recruiting spend, women's
$857,977

Cost

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$27,450net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$39,892
Sticker, out-of-state$59,846
Average net price$27,450
Net price by family income
$0–30k$19,458
$30–48k$19,743
$48–75k$26,257
$75–110k$33,579
$110k and up$37,209
Tuition & fees
$20,234 in-state · $40,188 out

Campus safety

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1.66violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.66
Property0.64
In residence halls
24 burglaries · 145 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
11 over 2022–2024

Majors

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16%of bachelor's degrees in business · 26 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business1,790 · 16%
Engineering1,620 · 15%
Computer & information sciences1,219 · 11%
Communication & journalism807 · 7%
Biological sciences742 · 7%

Research Pennsylvania State University

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 Golf program8 on the rosterPeers, percentiles, nearby programs, comparisonsRankingsWhere it standsEvery list this school is on, nationally and in its divisionAdmissions54% admittedSAT/ACT ladders, test policy, graduationCost & aid$27,450 net priceSticker vs net price by family income, athletic aidMajorsBusiness · 16%Every field and program with degrees awardedCampusCity · 42,223Setting, who is on campus, housing costs, servicesCampus safety1.66 violent / 1,000Three years of reported offences against the divisionAthleticsEvery teamThe whole department: every team, staff and aid

Women's Golf programs within 150 miles

Pennsylvania State UniversityJuniata College · 22 miPenn State University, Altoona · 34 miMount Aloysius College · 45 miSaint Francis University · 45 miSusquehanna University · 52 miBucknell University · 52 miDickinson College · 54 miGettysburg College · 74 miBloomsburg University of Pennsylvania · 75 miLock Haven University of Pennsylvania · 75 miLebanon Valley College · 78 miElizabethtown College · 80 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Juniata College Division III · Landmark Conference228$52k—72%
Penn State University, Altoona Division III · Colonial Women's Golf Conference345$35k—97%
Mount Aloysius College Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference452$7k—90%
Saint Francis University Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference4510$333k97977%
Susquehanna University Division III · Landmark Conference526$33k—79%
Bucknell University Division I · Patriot League528$228k100032%
Dickinson College Division III · Centennial Conference547$17k—43%
Gettysburg College Division III · Centennial Conference7410$59k—48%
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference7523$182k—95%
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference7523$182k—95%
Lebanon Valley College Division III · Middle Atlantic Conferences786$27k—75%
Elizabethtown College Division III · Landmark Conference805$42k—77%

Other women's golf programs in the Big Ten Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Michigan State University 1 over cap10$1.9M$186,469986vs
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3 over cap12$1.7M$140,459992vs
Northwestern University room for 18$1.7M$206,8041000vs
University of Washington room for 18$1.6M$200,490977vs
University of Southern California room for 36$1.5M$257,6291000vs
University of California, Los Angeles at cap9$1.3M$147,1921000vs
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick room for 18$1.3M$162,0261000vs
University of Wisconsin-Madison at cap9$1.3M$141,3621000vs
University of Oregon at cap9$1.2M$136,519992vs
Purdue University 2 over cap11$1.2M$108,6241000vs
University of Michigan at cap9$1.2M$131,6891000vs
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at cap9$1.1M$126,1851000vs
The Ohio State University room for 27$1M$148,3701000vs
Indiana University, Bloomington room for 18$1M$128,817986vs
University of Maryland, College Park at cap9$998k$110,9041000vs
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities room for 18$964k$120,4391000vs
University of Iowa room for 18$862k$107,719979vs
Pennsylvania State University room for 18$701k$87,5651000vs

Every Big Ten Conference women's golf program · Women's Golf budgets ranked