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Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.

University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Women's Basketball

Pine Bluff, AR · the Golden Lions · University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff overview
12
Roster
room for 3 under the cap of 15
$818k
Team budget
1st percentile in Division I
$68,160
Per roster spot
median $141,297
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
973
APR
97% of players retained
58%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff fields a women's basketball team in the Southwestern Athletic Conf. (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 12 players, below the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $817,924, well below the median of $2.2M — $68,160 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. That leaves room for 3 under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 973, about the median of 986, with 97% of players retained year to year. The school gave $913,247 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $8,302 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$818k
Spend per player$68,160
Roster size12
Coaching staff4
APR973

Team budgets across the division

$619k$13M
this programevery Division I women's basketball program

Roster sizes (cap 15)

1150
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster12 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap15 room for 3
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$817,924 for the year
  • Operating expenses$121,387 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$68,160 division median $141,297
  • Academic Progress Rate973 multi-year; 963 latest
  • Players retained97% year to year
  • Eligible97% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$913,247 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$8,302 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$7,032 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Erica Leak head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
1,905undergraduates · 2,100 students in all
Women 55% Men 45%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Baccalaureate college
Affiliation
None
HBCU
Yes
58%admitted · of 3,792 applicants
SAT middle 50%880 – 1048
ACT middle 50%14 – 18
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
40%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
12on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1512
room for 3
Academic Progress Rate973
97% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$817,924 $68,160 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$913,247
Recruiting spend, women's
$7,032
$11,649net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$23,331
Sticker, out-of-state$31,341
Average net price$11,649
Net price by family income
$0–30k$10,558
$30–48k$11,091
$48–75k$14,740
$75–110k$15,719
$110k and up$15,423
Tuition & fees
$9,019 in-state · $17,029 out

Campus safety

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4.32violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent4.32
Property1.66
In residence halls
4 burglaries · 4 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
11 over 2022–2024
14%of bachelor's degrees in business · 20 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business42 · 14%
Liberal arts & general studies40 · 13%
Education31 · 10%
Biological sciences31 · 10%
Criminal justice & protective services23 · 8%

Research University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff

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

University of Arkansas, Pine BluffUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock · 38 miUniversity of Arkansas, Monticello · 47 miOuachita Baptist University · 60 miHenderson State University · 60 miUniversity of Central Arkansas · 63 miHendrix College · 64 miHarding University · 71 miDelta State University · 81 miSouthern Arkansas University · 96 miArkansas Tech University · 97 miLyon College · 108 miMississippi Valley State University · 109 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Division I · United Athletic Conference3812$1.3M98158%
University of Arkansas, Monticello Division II · Great American Conference4712$338k——
Ouachita Baptist University Division II · Great American Conference6015$538k—69%
Henderson State University Division II · Great American Conference6014$451k—82%
University of Central Arkansas Division I · United Athletic Conference6312$1.2M97190%
Hendrix College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference6418$154k—53%
Harding University Division II · Great American Conference7114$593k—100%
Delta State University Division II · Gulf South Conference8123$429k—100%
Southern Arkansas University Division II · Great American Conference9617$373k—67%
Arkansas Tech University Division II · Great American Conference9716$486k—96%
Lyon College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference10823$181k—66%
Mississippi Valley State University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.10918$619k94451%

Other women's basketball programs in the Southwestern Athletic Conf.

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Alcorn State University at cap15$1.2M$81,701967vs
Alabama A&M University 5 over cap20$1.2M$59,154934vs
Grambling State University 2 over cap17$1.2M$69,235942vs
Bethune-Cookman University at cap15$1.2M$78,149981vs
Alabama State University 2 over cap17$1.1M$66,460967vs
Texas Southern University room for 114$1.1M$80,698974vs
Southern University, Baton Rouge 1 over cap16$1.1M$68,084964vs
Prairie View A&M University room for 114$1M$74,694919vs
Jackson State University 2 over cap17$979k$57,585974vs
Florida A&M University 3 over cap18$934k$51,870946vs
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff room for 312$818k$68,160973vs
Mississippi Valley State University 3 over cap18$619k$34,390944vs

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