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Division I · Big Ten Conference

University of Washington Women's Soccer

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34
Roster
6 over the D-I cap of 28
$3.5M
Team budget
99th percentile in Division I
$103,174
Per roster spot
median $37,254
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
990
APR
98% of players retained
43%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

University of Washington fields a women's soccer team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 34 players, about the median of 31, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $3,507,930, well above the median of $1.2M — $103,174 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I women's soccer programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 28 in force from 2025-26, that is 6 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (261 of 346 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 990, about the median of 993, with 98% of players retained year to year. The school gave $7,984,481 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $23,210 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's soccer programs

Where this program sits against its 346 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$3.5M
Spend per player$103,174
Roster size34
Coaching staff4
APR990

Team budgets across the division

$316k$4.5M
this programevery Division I women's soccer program

Roster sizes (cap 28)

1357
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster34 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap28 6 over last season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$3,507,930 for the year
  • Operating expenses$913,073 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$103,174 division median $37,254
  • Academic Progress Rate990 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained98% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$7,984,481 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$23,210 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$713,271 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Nicole Van Dyke head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Whitney PitaloAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Paige BrandtAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Mary WalstadAssistant 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 soccer players393,048 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots10,870 346 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 36 2.8% 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.
39,515undergraduates · 55,620 students in all
Women 49% Men 51%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
43%admitted · of 62,428 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
84%

Women's Soccer

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34on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2834
6 over — players already on the roster may stay
Academic Progress Rate990
98% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$3,507,930 $103,174 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$7,984,481
Recruiting spend, women's
$713,271
$11,023net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$34,552
Sticker, out-of-state$63,906
Average net price$11,023
Net price by family income
$0–30k$6,398
$30–48k$6,601
$48–75k$7,817
$75–110k$17,234
$110k and up$28,383
Tuition & fees
$12,643 in-state · $41,997 out

Campus safety

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0.66violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.66
Property3.78
In residence halls
18 burglaries · 18 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
23 over 2022–2024
13%of bachelor's degrees in computer & information sciences · 28 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Computer & information sciences1,061 · 13%
Biological sciences965 · 11%
Social sciences883 · 10%
Engineering879 · 10%
Business688 · 8%

Research University of Washington

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 Soccer programs within 150 miles

University of WashingtonSeattle Pacific University · 3 miSeattle University · 3 miUniversity of Puget Sound · 28 miPacific Lutheran University · 36 miSaint Martin's University · 49 miWestern Washington University · 75 miCentral Washington University · 94 miUniversity of Portland · 145 miWillamette University · 148 miPortland State University · 149 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Seattle Pacific University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference323$578k—91%
Seattle University Division I · West Coast Conference332$1.7M99376%
University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference2826$146k—76%
Pacific Lutheran University Division III · Northwest Conference3637$228k—81%
Saint Martin's University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference4926$371k—76%
Western Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference7529$643k—91%
Central Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference9432$492k—90%
University of Portland Division I · West Coast Conference14525$1.7M100095%
Willamette University Division III · Northwest Conference148———69%
Portland State University Division I · Big Sky Conference14932$898k99491%

Other women's soccer programs in the Big Ten Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Southern California 8 over cap36$3.7M$102,818991vs
University of Washington 6 over cap34$3.5M$103,174990vs
University of California, Los Angeles 13 over cap41$3.2M$77,415997vs
Pennsylvania State University 8 over cap36$3.1M$85,204986vs
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign room for 127$2.8M$103,6451000vs
The Ohio State University at cap28$2.8M$99,1181000vs
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 10 over cap38$2.7M$70,043986vs
University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 over cap35$2.6M$73,574995vs
University of Michigan 5 over cap33$2.5M$76,945987vs
University of Iowa 15 over cap43$2.5M$58,640990vs
Michigan State University 4 over cap32$2.5M$78,341990vs
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10 over cap38$2.5M$64,780995vs
Northwestern University 3 over cap31$2.4M$78,5421000vs
University of Oregon 1 over cap29$2.4M$83,543995vs
Indiana University, Bloomington 5 over cap33$2.4M$73,293998vs
Purdue University 8 over cap36$2.2M$61,738997vs
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 1 over cap29$2.2M$76,224997vs
University of Maryland, College Park 4 over cap32$2M$61,726986vs

Every Big Ten Conference women's soccer program · Women's Soccer budgets ranked