Division I · West Coast Conference
Santa Clara University Women's Track & Field
Santa Clara, CA · the Broncos · Santa Clara University overview
18
Roster
room for 27 under the cap of 45
$65k
Team budget
1st percentile in Division I
$3,603
Per roster spot
median $10,430
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
44%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity
Santa Clara University fields a women's track & field team in the West Coast Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 18 players, well below the median of 95, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $64,860, well below the median of $939k — $3,603 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's track & field programs. That leaves room for 27 under the Division I roster cap of 45 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 987, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $4,422,109 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $20,378 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's track & field programs
Where this program sits against its 348 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
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Team budgets across the division
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Roster sizes (cap 45)
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The program
- Roster18 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap45 room for 27
- Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
- Team expenses$64,860 for the year
- Operating expenses$31,574 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$3,603 division median $10,430
- Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained100% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$4,422,109 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$20,378 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$313,313 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Cushman head coach | Head Coach | not 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 track & field players513,808 2024-25
- Division I roster spots33,139 348 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 16 6.4% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's track & field 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.Campus
Full picture →6,249undergraduates · 9,340 students in all
Women 50% Men 50%
- Setting
- City
- Type
- Private · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
Getting in
Full picture →44%admitted · of 18,843 applicants
SAT middle 50%1340 – 1500
ACT middle 50%30 – 33
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 88%
Women's Track & Field
Full picture →18on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 4518
room for 27
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
- Team expenses
- $64,860 $3,603 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 1 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $4,422,109
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $313,313
Cost
Full picture →$49,651net price · after grants, aided first-years
Net price by family income
- Tuition & fees
- $59,241
Campus safety
Full picture →0.65violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
- In residence halls
- 3 burglaries · 15 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 1 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →27%of bachelor's degrees in business · 20 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Research Santa Clara 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 Track & Field program18 on the rosterPeers, percentiles, nearby programs, comparisonsRankingsWhere it standsEvery list this school is on, nationally and in its divisionAdmissions44% admittedSAT/ACT ladders, test policy, graduationCost & aid$49,651 net priceSticker vs net price by family income, athletic aidMajorsBusiness · 27%Every field and program with degrees awardedCampusCity · 6,249Setting, who is on campus, housing costs, servicesCampus safety0.65 violent / 1,000Three years of reported offences against the divisionAthleticsEvery teamThe whole department: every team, staff and aid
Women's Track & Field programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose State University Division I · Mountain West Conference | 3 | 78 | $858k | 946 | 80% | |
| Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 41 | $1.8M | 993 | 4% | |
| California State University, East Bay Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 22 | 36 | $309k | — | 97% | |
| University of California, Santa Cruz Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference | 25 | 103 | $262k | — | 63% | |
| Saint Mary's College of California Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Track, Indoor | 35 | 32 | $179k | 1000 | 89% | |
| San Francisco State University Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 39 | 34 | $274k | — | 96% | |
| University of California, Berkeley Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 40 | 116 | $2.1M | 996 | 12% | |
| University of San Francisco Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Track, Indoor | 41 | 87 | $1.8M | 986 | 51% | |
| California State University, Monterey Bay Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 49 | 34 | $281k | — | 95% | |
| Middlebury College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference | 52 | — | — | — | — | |
| Dominican University of California Division II · Pacific West Conference | 54 | 20 | $153k | — | 96% | |
| University of the Pacific Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Track, Indoor | 56 | 15 | $70k | 1000 | 95% |