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Division I · Big Ten Conference

University of Southern California Women's Golf

Los Angeles, CA · the Trojans · University of Southern California overview
6
Roster
room for 3 under the cap of 9
$1.5M
Team budget
94th percentile in Division I
$257,629
Per roster spot
median $59,127
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
10%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

University of Southern California fields a women's golf team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 6 players, below the median of 8, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $1,545,778, well above the median of $473k — $257,629 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I women's golf programs. That leaves room for 3 under the Division I roster cap of 9 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 1000, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $13,525,051 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $37,569 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's golf programs

Where this program sits against its 279 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.5M
Spend per player$257,629
Roster size6
Coaching staff2
APR1000

Team budgets across the division

$84k$2.4M
this programevery Division I women's golf program

Roster sizes (cap 9)

413
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster6 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap9 room for 3
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,545,778 for the year
  • Operating expenses$193,202 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$257,629 division median $59,127
  • Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$13,525,051 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$37,569 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$856,710 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Justin Silverstein head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Beth WuAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
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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.
21,023undergraduates · 47,147 students in all
Women 53% Men 47%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Research university
Affiliation
None
10%admitted · of 80,808 applicants
SAT middle 50%1440 – 1550
ACT middle 50%32 – 35
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
92%

Women's Golf

Full picture →
6on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 96
room for 3
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,545,778 $257,630 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$13,525,051
Recruiting spend, women's
$856,710
$41,496net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$90,453
Average net price$41,496
Net price by family income
$0–30k$15,470
$30–48k$13,692
$48–75k$18,993
$75–110k$29,865
$110k and up$56,347
Tuition & fees
$68,237

Campus safety

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1.57violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.57
Property6.60
In residence halls
27 burglaries · 45 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
36 over 2022–2024
23%of bachelor's degrees in business · 25 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business1,346 · 23%
Visual & performing arts681 · 12%
Social sciences549 · 10%
Engineering446 · 8%
Computer & information sciences415 · 7%

Research University of Southern California

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 programs within 150 miles

University of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia State University, Los Angeles · 7 miOccidental College · 8 miUniversity of California, Los Angeles · 10 miLong Beach State University · 19 miCalifornia State University, Northridge · 21 miPepperdine University · 24 miCalifornia State University, Fullerton · 25 miChapman University · 29 miUniversity of La Verne · 30 miPomona-Pitzer Colleges · 33 miVanguard University · 33 miClaremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges · 33 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association78$323k—92%
Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.811$87k—40%
University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference109$1.3M10009%
Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference197$642k100047%
California State University, Northridge Division I · Big West Conference216$317k99493%
Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference248$1.1M100050%
California State University, Fullerton Division I · Big West Conference258$522k98387%
Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.297$110k—56%
University of La Verne Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.309$111k—48%
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.339$101k—7%
Vanguard University Division II · Pacific West Conference3312$200k—65%
Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.3313$179k—11%

Other women's golf programs in the Big Ten Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Michigan State University 1 over cap10$1.9M$186,469986vs
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3 over cap12$1.7M$140,459992vs
Northwestern University room for 18$1.7M$206,8041000vs
University of Washington room for 18$1.6M$200,490977vs
University of Southern California room for 36$1.5M$257,6291000vs
University of California, Los Angeles at cap9$1.3M$147,1921000vs
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick room for 18$1.3M$162,0261000vs
University of Wisconsin-Madison at cap9$1.3M$141,3621000vs
University of Oregon at cap9$1.2M$136,519992vs
Purdue University 2 over cap11$1.2M$108,6241000vs
University of Michigan at cap9$1.2M$131,6891000vs
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at cap9$1.1M$126,1851000vs
The Ohio State University room for 27$1M$148,3701000vs
Indiana University, Bloomington room for 18$1M$128,817986vs
University of Maryland, College Park at cap9$998k$110,9041000vs
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities room for 18$964k$120,4391000vs
University of Iowa room for 18$862k$107,719979vs
Pennsylvania State University room for 18$701k$87,5651000vs

Every Big Ten Conference women's golf program · Women's Golf budgets ranked