NCAA · Women's Golf
Women's Golf programs
694 programs across 3 divisions, each with its coaching staff, roster, budget and the school behind it.
694
Programs
279 D1 · 183 D2 · 232 D3
5,751
Roster spots
last season
85,385
High-school players
2024-25
1 in 15
Odds of any NCAA spot · 6.7%
1 in 37 (2.7%) for Division I
9
D-I roster cap
55 of 279 programs over it last season
$473k
Median D-I budget
$59,127 per player
3 in Alaska, Hawaii or abroad not shown
Division IDivision IIDivision III
When coaches may contact you
The first date a coach in each division may email or call a recruit, by high-school graduation year — the general NCAA rule for women's golf. You may write to any coach at any time.
| Grad year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | June 15, 2025 | June 15, 2025 | Any time |
| 2028 | June 15, 2026 | June 15, 2026 | Any time |
| 2029 | June 15, 2027 | June 15, 2027 | Any time |
| 2030 | June 15, 2028 | June 15, 2028 | Any time |
The full guide: eligibility, what to send, and how the roster cap changes the math.
Division by division
| Division | Programs | Spots | Median budget | Per player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I | 279 | 2,285 | $473k | $59k |
| Division II | 183 | 1,579 | $192k | $22k |
| Division III | 232 | 1,887 | $61k | $8k |
Division I roster cap 9 from 2025-26: last season 55 programs carried more, 52 were exactly at it and 170 had room. Players already on a roster may stay, so the squeeze lands on the next classes. How the caps work.
Odds: 6.7% of high-school players hold an NCAA roster spot (1 in 15); 1 in 37 (2.7%) in Division I. Transfers and international players hold some of those spots. The honest version · every sport.
Biggest team budgets · Division I
| # | School | Team budget | Roster | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford University Atlantic Coast Conference | $2.4M | 8 | 1000 | |
| 2 | San Diego State University Pac-12 Conference | $2.4M | 8 | 1000 | |
| 3 | Vanderbilt University Southeastern Conference | $2.1M | 10 | 998 | |
| 4 | Michigan State University Big Ten Conference | $1.9M | 10 | 986 | |
| 5 | University of Alabama Southeastern Conference | $1.8M | 8 | 1000 | |
| 6 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville Southeastern Conference | $1.8M | 8 | 993 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University, College Station Southeastern Conference | $1.8M | 8 | 1000 | |
| 8 | Wake Forest University Atlantic Coast Conference | $1.8M | 7 | 998 | |
| 9 | Auburn University Southeastern Conference | $1.7M | 8 | 1000 | |
| 10 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Big Ten Conference | $1.7M | 12 | 992 |
Best Academic Progress Rates · Division I
| # | School | APR | Roster | Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appalachian State University Sun Belt Conference | 1000 | 6 | $265k | |
| 2 | Arizona State University Big 12 Conference | 1000 | 5 | $1.5M | |
| 3 | Arkansas State University Sun Belt Conference | 1000 | 8 | $556k | |
| 4 | Auburn University Southeastern Conference | 1000 | 8 | $1.7M | |
| 5 | Austin Peay State University United Athletic Conference | 1000 | 7 | $346k | |
| 6 | Belmont University Missouri Valley Conference | 1000 | 8 | $471k | |
| 7 | Boise State University Pac-12 Conference | 1000 | 9 | $624k | |
| 8 | Boston University Patriot League | 1000 | 7 | $665k | |
| 9 | Bowling Green State University Mid-American Conference | 1000 | 9 | $425k | |
| 10 | Brown University The Ivy League | 1000 | — | — |
Most room on the roster · Division I
| # | School | Room under the cap | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Salle University Atlantic 10 Conference | 5 | 1000 | |
| 2 | Arizona State University Big 12 Conference | 4 | 1000 | |
| 3 | Eastern Illinois University Ohio Valley Conference | 4 | 1000 | |
| 4 | Saint Joseph's University Atlantic 10 Conference | 4 | — | |
| 5 | Tennessee State University Ohio Valley Conference | 4 | 1000 | |
| 6 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Southland Conference | 4 | 1000 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Horizon League | 4 | 1000 | |
| 8 | Appalachian State University Sun Belt Conference | 3 | 1000 | |
| 9 | Augusta University West Coast Conference | 3 | — | |
| 10 | Bethune-Cookman University Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 3 | 986 |
Lowest net price · Division I
| # | School | Net price | Roster | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio University Mid-American Conference | $3,897 | — | — | |
| 2 | California State University, Fullerton Big West Conference | $6,283 | 8 | 983 | |
| 3 | California State University, Bakersfield Big West Conference | $6,567 | 9 | 969 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Southland Conference | $6,978 | 10 | 966 | |
| 5 | California State University, Fresno Pac-12 Conference | $7,303 | 7 | 990 | |
| 6 | University of New Mexico Mountain West Conference | $7,528 | 9 | 1000 | |
| 7 | Coppin State University Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. | $7,684 | — | — | |
| 8 | Northern Kentucky University Horizon League | $8,151 | 11 | 993 | |
| 9 | California State University, Northridge Big West Conference | $8,222 | 6 | 994 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University Conference USA | $8,353 | 8 | 985 |
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