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Division I · Northeast Conference

University of New Haven Women's Basketball

West Haven, CT · the Chargers · University of New Haven overview
14
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 15
$879k
Team budget
3rd percentile in Division I
$62,817
Per roster spot
median $141,297
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
81%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

University of New Haven fields a women's basketball team in the Northeast Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 14 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $879,446, well below the median of $2.2M — $62,817 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The school gave $2,302,723 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $8,079 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$879k
Spend per player$62,817
Roster size14
Coaching staff3

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

  • Roster14 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap15 room for 1
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$879,446 for the year
  • Operating expenses$95,733 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$62,817 division median $141,297
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$2,302,723 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$8,079 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$42,721 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Debbie Buff head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Ariana KoivistoAssistant Women's Basketball CoachOn file · sign in
Olivia TuckerAssistant Women's Basketball CoachOn file · sign in
Bianca PendletonGraduate Assistant Women's Basketball CoachOn file · sign in
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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

General NCAA rule for Division I; 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.
4,865undergraduates · 9,830 students in all
Women 53% Men 47%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
None
81%admitted · of 13,498 applicants
SAT middle 50%1090 – 1260
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
59%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
14on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1514
room for 1
Team expenses
$879,446 $62,818 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$2,302,723
Recruiting spend, women's
$42,721
$34,201net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$69,604
Average net price$34,201
Net price by family income
$0–30k$28,133
$30–48k$29,345
$48–75k$32,749
$75–110k$35,868
$110k and up$36,975
Tuition & fees
$45,730

Campus safety

Full picture →
0.58violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.58
Property0.54
In residence halls
7 burglaries · 8 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
6 over 2022–2024
38%of bachelor's degrees in criminal justice & protective services · 22 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Criminal justice & protective services379 · 38%
Business129 · 13%
Health professions & nursing99 · 10%
Psychology98 · 10%
Visual & performing arts68 · 7%

Research University of New Haven

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 New HavenYale University · 2 miSouthern Connecticut State University · 3 miAlbertus Magnus College · 3 miQuinnipiac University · 9 miUniversity of Bridgeport · 15 miSacred Heart University · 15 miFairfield University · 18 miPost University · 18 miWesleyan University (Connecticut) · 24 miWestern Connecticut State University · 26 miStony Brook University · 27 miCentral Connecticut State University · 30 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Yale University Division I · The Ivy League213$1.4M10005%
Southern Connecticut State University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference313$733k—81%
Albertus Magnus College Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference317$94k—64%
Quinnipiac University Division I · Metro Conference916$2.5M100077%
University of Bridgeport Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference1519$565k—64%
Sacred Heart University Division I · Metro Conference1514$2M99568%
Fairfield University Division I · Metro Conference1816$3.4M100045%
Post University Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference1816$426k——
Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference2411$266k—17%
Western Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference2613$175k—81%
Stony Brook University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association2714$2.4M100049%
Central Connecticut State University Division I · Northeast Conference3014$1.2M99576%

Other women's basketball programs in the Northeast Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Long Island University 1 over cap16$2M$125,220—vs
Stonehill College 13 over cap28$1.9M$68,902—vs
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus 1 over cap16$1.7M$104,204964vs
Wagner College room for 114$1.6M$112,848990vs
Le Moyne College room for 213$1.4M$106,984—vs
Central Connecticut State University room for 114$1.2M$85,642995vs
Chicago State University room for 114$1.2M$83,867931vs
Mercyhurst University at cap15$1.1M$75,095—vs
University of New Haven room for 114$879k$62,817—vs

Every Northeast Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked