Division I · Big Ten Conference
University of Iowa Women's Golf
Iowa City, IA · the Hawkeyes · University of Iowa overview
8
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 9
$862k
Team budget
75th percentile in Division I
$107,719
Per roster spot
median $59,127
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
979
APR
96% of players retained
85%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity
University of Iowa 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 $861,759, well above the median of $473k — $107,719 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 979, about the median of 1000, with 96% of players retained year to year. The school gave $9,371,272 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $20,825 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's golf programs
Where this program sits against its 279 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
#70Team budgetof 279 · Division I#71Spend per playerof 279 · Division I#108Roster sizeof 279 · Division I#229APRof 279 · Division I
Team budgets across the division
this programevery Division I women's golf program
Roster sizes (cap 9)
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$861,759 for the year
- Operating expenses$212,573 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$107,719 division median $59,127
- Academic Progress Rate979 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained96% year to year
- Eligible99% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$9,371,272 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$20,825 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$755,558 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Menzel 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 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
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →22,130undergraduates · 30,042 students in all
Women 56% Men 44%
- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →85%admitted · of 25,682 applicants
SAT middle 50%1130 – 1320
ACT middle 50%22 – 28
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 73%
Women's Golf
Full picture →8on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 98
room for 1
Academic Progress Rate979
96% of players kept year to year
- Team expenses
- $861,759 $107,720 per roster spot · top quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 1 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $9,371,272
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $755,558
Cost
Full picture →$20,121net price · after grants, aided first-years
Net price by family income
- Tuition & fees
- $10,964 in-state · $32,927 out
Campus safety
Full picture →3.51violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
- In residence halls
- 16 burglaries · 43 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 36 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →24%of bachelor's degrees in business · 22 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Research University of Iowa
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 divisionAdmissions85% admittedSAT/ACT ladders, test policy, graduationCost & aid$20,121 net priceSticker vs net price by family income, athletic aidMajorsBusiness · 24%Every field and program with degrees awardedCampusCity · 22,130Setting, who is on campus, housing costs, servicesCampus safety3.51 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
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coe College Division III · American Rivers Conference | 23 | 8 | $43k | — | 71% | |
| Augustana College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 52 | 15 | $64k | — | 68% | |
| Grinnell College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 61 | 9 | $64k | — | 13% | |
| Monmouth College (Illinois) Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 70 | 2 | $18k | — | 87% | |
| University of Dubuque Division III · American Rivers Conference | 72 | 12 | $100k | — | 87% | |
| Loras College Division III · American Rivers Conference | 73 | 12 | $56k | — | 92% | |
| Central College (Iowa) Division III · American Rivers Conference | 74 | 13 | $68k | — | 79% | |
| University of Northern Iowa Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 76 | 11 | $171k | 1000 | 94% | |
| Knox College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 78 | — | — | — | 71% | |
| Upper Iowa University Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference | 82 | 8 | $131k | — | 93% | |
| Wartburg College Division III · American Rivers Conference | 88 | 9 | $104k | — | 99% | |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 91 | 11 | $44k | — | 87% |
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