NCAA · Women's Lacrosse
Women's Lacrosse programs
498 programs across 3 divisions, each with its coaching staff, roster, budget and the school behind it.
498
Programs
130 D1 · 111 D2 · 257 D3
13,352
Roster spots
last season
99,292
High-school players
2024-25
1 in 7
Odds of any NCAA spot · 13%
1 in 23 (4.4%) for Division I
38
D-I roster cap
29 of 130 programs over it last season
$1.1M
Median D-I budget
$34,440 per player
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 lacrosse. You may write to any coach at any time.
| Grad year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | September 1, 2025 | June 15, 2025 | Any time |
| 2028 | September 1, 2026 | June 15, 2026 | Any time |
| 2029 | September 1, 2027 | June 15, 2027 | Any time |
| 2030 | September 1, 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 | 130 | 4,410 | $1.1M | $34k |
| Division II | 111 | 3,041 | $360k | $13k |
| Division III | 257 | 5,901 | $148k | $6k |
Division I roster cap 38 from 2025-26: last season 29 programs carried more, 8 were exactly at it and 91 had room. Players already on a roster may stay, so the squeeze lands on the next classes. How the caps work.
Odds: 13% of high-school players hold an NCAA roster spot (1 in 7); 1 in 23 (4.4%) 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 | Boston College Atlantic Coast Conference | $3.8M | 33 | 1000 | |
| 2 | Vanderbilt University American Conference | $3.4M | 41 | 1000 | |
| 3 | Clemson University Atlantic Coast Conference | $3.3M | 34 | — | |
| 4 | Duke University Atlantic Coast Conference | $3.1M | 40 | 996 | |
| 5 | Syracuse University Atlantic Coast Conference | $3.1M | 39 | 990 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan Big Ten Conference | $3M | 43 | 997 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University Big Ten Conference | $3M | 40 | 1000 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame Atlantic Coast Conference | $2.8M | 34 | 1000 | |
| 9 | University of Southern California Big Ten Conference | $2.8M | 38 | 994 | |
| 10 | Stanford University Atlantic Coast Conference | $2.7M | 32 | 997 |
Best Academic Progress Rates · Division I
| # | School | APR | Roster | Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American University Patriot League | 1000 | 39 | $1M | |
| 2 | Boston College Atlantic Coast Conference | 1000 | 33 | $3.8M | |
| 3 | Bucknell University Patriot League | 1000 | 34 | $1.5M | |
| 4 | Campbell University Coastal Athletic Association | 1000 | 35 | $1M | |
| 5 | Canisius University Metro Conference | 1000 | 30 | $601k | |
| 6 | Coastal Carolina University Atlantic Sun Conference | 1000 | 34 | $1M | |
| 7 | Colgate University Patriot League | 1000 | 36 | $1.5M | |
| 8 | College of the Holy Cross Patriot League | 1000 | 34 | $1.3M | |
| 9 | Columbia University-Barnard College The Ivy League | 1000 | 31 | $500k | |
| 10 | Dartmouth College The Ivy League | 1000 | 30 | $740k |
Most room on the roster · Division I
| # | School | Room under the cap | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presbyterian College Big South Conference | 14 | 996 | |
| 2 | George Mason University Atlantic 10 Conference | 13 | 997 | |
| 3 | University of New Hampshire America East Conference | 12 | 995 | |
| 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus Northeast Conference | 11 | — | |
| 5 | Gardner-Webb University Big South Conference | 11 | 973 | |
| 6 | Le Moyne College Northeast Conference | 11 | — | |
| 7 | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte American Conference | 11 | — | |
| 8 | Butler University BIG EAST Conference | 10 | 993 | |
| 9 | Mount St. Mary's University Metro Conference | 10 | 996 | |
| 10 | Robert Morris University Mid-American Conference | 10 | 998 |
Lowest net price · Division I
| # | School | Net price | Roster | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State University Mid-American Conference | $10,502 | — | — | |
| 2 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Atlantic Coast Conference | $11,140 | 42 | 1000 | |
| 3 | University of Florida Big 12 Conference | $11,521 | 38 | 1000 | |
| 4 | University of South Florida American Conference | $11,578 | 41 | — | |
| 5 | Youngstown State University Mid-American Conference | $11,740 | 32 | — | |
| 6 | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte American Conference | $13,768 | 27 | — | |
| 7 | Coastal Carolina University Atlantic Sun Conference | $14,453 | 34 | 1000 | |
| 8 | East Carolina University American Conference | $14,470 | 32 | 999 | |
| 9 | Austin Peay State University Atlantic Sun Conference | $14,679 | — | — | |
| 10 | Florida State University Atlantic Coast Conference | $14,903 | — | — |
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