University of California, Los Angeles Women's Track & Field
University of California, Los Angeles fields a women's track & field team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 102 players, about the median of 95, with 1 head coach and 8 assistants. Team expenses were $2,732,210, well above the median of $939k — $26,786 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I women's track & field programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 45 in force from 2025-26, that is 57 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (315 of 348 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 973, about the median of 987, with 98% of players retained year to year. The school gave $9,235,885 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $21,834 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).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 45)
The program
- Roster102 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap45 57 over last season
- Coaching staff1 head, 8 assistant
- Team expenses$2,732,210 for the year
- Operating expenses$593,888 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$26,786 division median $10,430
- Academic Progress Rate973 multi-year; 944 latest
- Players retained98% year to year
- Eligible97% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$9,235,885 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$21,834 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$738,563 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Joanna Hayes head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
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 →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores not considered
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 93%
Women's Track & Field
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $2,732,210 $26,786 per roster spot · top quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 8 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $9,235,885
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $738,563
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $13,747 in-state · $44,524 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 82 burglaries · 57 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 16 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research University of California, Los Angeles
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 programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference | 10 | 88 | $3.7M | 1000 | 10% | |
| California State University, Northridge Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Track, Indoor | 13 | 65 | $760k | 961 | 93% | |
| Occidental College Division III · Independent | 14 | 51 | $281k | — | 40% | |
| Pepperdine University Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Track, Indoor | 15 | 87 | $387k | 1000 | 50% | |
| California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 16 | 38 | $138k | — | 92% | |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 18 | 14 | $140k | — | 91% | |
| California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 19 | 27 | $109k | — | 3% | |
| Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 24 | 14 | $61k | — | 85% | |
| Biola University Division II · Pacific West Conference | 27 | 34 | $659k | — | 60% | |
| California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 27 | 33 | $87k | — | 89% | |
| Long Beach State University Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Track, Indoor | 28 | 93 | $1M | 987 | 47% | |
| Azusa Pacific University Division III · Independent | 32 | 66 | $958k | — | 79% |
Other women's track & field programs in the Big Ten Conference
Every Big Ten Conference women's track & field program · Women's Track & Field budgets ranked