Swarthmore College Women's Basketball
Swarthmore College fields a women's basketball team in the Centennial Conference (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 16, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $212,406, above the median of $172k — $14,160 per roster spot, top quarter 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 budgets across the division
Roster sizes
The program
- Roster15 2024–25 season
- Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
- Team expenses$212,406 for the year
- Operating expenses$61,053 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$14,160 division median $10,634
- Athletic aid, women's teamsNone school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$0 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$54,215 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Dawn Grant head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
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.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Liberal arts college
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 94%
Women's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $212,406 $14,160 per roster spot · upper half of Division III
- Coaches
- 1 head · 2 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- None
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $54,215
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $62,412
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 17 burglaries · 12 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 16 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research Swarthmore College
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
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widener University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 3 | 15 | $184k | — | 84% | |
| Neumann University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 5 | 16 | $80k | — | 76% | |
| Penn State Brandywine Division III · United East Conference | 5 | 15 | $34k | — | 95% | |
| Haverford College Division III · Centennial Conference | 8 | 12 | $195k | — | 13% | |
| Saint Joseph's University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference | 9 | 14 | $2.8M | 996 | 86% | |
| Bryn Mawr College Division III · Centennial Conference | 9 | — | — | — | 31% | |
| University of Pennsylvania Division I · The Ivy League | 9 | 26 | $1.4M | 1000 | 6% | |
| Villanova University Division I · BIG EAST Conference | 9 | 28 | $5.2M | 995 | 25% | |
| Drexel University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association | 9 | 24 | $2.5M | 995 | 78% | |
| Eastern University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 10 | 17 | $159k | — | 94% | |
| Thomas Jefferson University Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | 11 | 15 | $924k | — | 86% | |
| Temple University Division I · American Conference | 12 | 15 | $5.1M | 981 | 83% |
Other women's basketball programs in the Centennial Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | 17 | $345k | $20,271 | — | vs | |
| Gettysburg College | 18 | $242k | $13,432 | — | vs | |
| McDaniel College | 17 | $242k | $14,206 | — | vs | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 16 | $241k | $15,038 | — | vs | |
| Swarthmore College | 15 | $212k | $14,160 | — | vs | |
| Washington College (Maryland) | 12 | $201k | $16,778 | — | vs | |
| Haverford College | 12 | $195k | $16,269 | — | vs | |
| Ursinus College | 18 | $173k | $9,622 | — | vs | |
| Muhlenberg College | 12 | $172k | $14,329 | — | vs | |
| Dickinson College | 14 | $164k | $11,684 | — | vs | |
| Bryn Mawr College | — | — | — | — | vs |
Every Centennial Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked