How Much do Colleges Spend on D1 Women’s Lacrosse Programs?

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Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport at the college level. According to the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), in 2012 there were 98 D1 programs for women’s lacrosse with an average expense of $688,599. D1 women’s lacrosse programs can offer up to 12 equivalency scholarships.

All the numbers I just mentioned have lots of asterisks attached to them. Since lacrosse is such a fast growing sport, the number of programs has changed since 2012. LAXPower lists 103 D1 women’s programs for 2014.

The average expenses include the following:

All expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic activities. This includes appearance guarantees and options, athletically related student aid, contract services, equipment, fundraising activities, operating expenses, promotional activities, recruiting expenses, salaries and benefits, supplies, travel, and any other expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic activities.

This means that you would expect private schools to have higher expenses just because the value of their scholarships will be higher. Programs that have to travel a lot for games or those that make it to post-season play will also have more expenses.

And finally, just because a school is allowed to offer 12 scholarships, doesn’t mean that it will.? The average number of participants on a D1 women’s lacrosse team is 28 which means that full-scholarships are likely to be the exception rather than the rule.

So use the following numbers with caution. A total of 18 schools had expenses greater than $1,000,000. Syracuse had the highest at $2,202,208 followed by Northwestern, University of Florida, Vanderbilt, and Duke. The D1 programs with the lowest expenses were Delaware State, Niagara, and Iona.

The 21 conferences with D1 women’s lacrosse programs had average expenses ranging from $262,347 to $1,465,028. The Big East, Big 10, and ACC had the highest averages. The Southern and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferences had the lowest.

The data in the following table is from OPE and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

Expenses for D1 Women’s Lacrosse Programs

Name	Type	State	Full-time Under- graduates	4 yr Grad Rate	Basketball Conference	Team Expenses	Participants Women's Team
Syracuse University	Private	NY	14169	69	Big East Conference	2202208	43
Northwestern University	Private	IL	8542	86	Big Ten Conference	1533419	37
University of Florida	Public	FL	30241	64	Southeastern Conference	1484076	32
Vanderbilt University	Private	TN	6731	87	Southeastern Conference	1445979	26
Duke University	Private	NC	6631	87	Atlantic Coast Conference	1393239	35
University of Oregon	Public	OR	18847	44	Pacific-12 Conference	1320855	32
University of Notre Dame	Private	IN	8462	89	Big East Conference	1245551	33
Loyola University Maryland	Private	MD	3875	79	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	1203284	27
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Public	OH	38884	53	Big Ten Conference	1198697	32
University of Virginia-Main Campus	Public	VA	14928	87	Atlantic Coast Conference	1187248	32
Boston College	Private	MA	9533	89	Atlantic Coast Conference	1170358	27
Boston University	Private	MA	16634	79	America East	1154833	25
Hofstra University	Private	NY	6374	45	Colonial Athletic Association	1137818	30
Georgetown University	Private	DC	7251	89	Big East Conference	1125136	34
University of Denver	Private	CO	4965	61	Western Athletic Conference	1121372	26
University of Louisville	Public	KY	12192	26	Big East Conference	1078262	29
Stanford University	Private	CA	7003	80	Pacific-12 Conference	1037028	27
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Public	PA	37917	65	Big Ten Conference	1001495	29
James Madison University	Public	VA	17329	63	Colonial Athletic Association	931468	33
University of Maryland-College Park	Public	MD	24486	63	Atlantic Coast Conference	921270	34
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Public	NC	17562	76	Atlantic Coast Conference	912326	37
Marquette University	Private	WI	7969	60	Big East Conference	909527	34
University of Southern California	Private	CA	17619	74	Pacific-12 Conference	885551	27
University of Connecticut	Public	CT	16736	67	Big East Conference	851781	35
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Public	VA	23366	59	Atlantic Coast Conference	850671	32
Drexel University	Private	PA	13072	27	Colonial Athletic Association	843576	28
Colgate University	Private	NY	2850	85	Patriot League	828967	25
University of Delaware	Public	DE	16642	67	Colonial Athletic Association	792865	27
George Washington University	Private	DC	9758	74	Atlantic 10 Conference	783216	26
University of Vermont	Public	VT	9956	65	America East	781477	28
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Public	NJ	30038	57	Big East Conference	779148	29
University of Richmond	Private	VA	3106	77	Atlantic 10 Conference	777503	27
Quinnipiac University	Private	CT	6231	71	Northeast Conference	766828	30
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Public	MA	20306	54	Atlantic 10 Conference	765793	36
Temple University	Public	PA	24382	36	Atlantic 10 Conference	752984	29
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	Public	NH	12342	60	America East	741393	25
California State University-Fresno	Public	CA	17156	14	Western Athletic Conference	733170	25
Lehigh University	Private	PA	4824	78	Patriot League	719759	26
San Diego State University	Public	CA	23036	32	Mountain West Conference	677253	30
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Public	OH	19667	24	Big East Conference	675185	23
Fairfield University	Private	CT	3471	78	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	673798	38
Monmouth University	Private	NJ	4437	44	Northeast Conference	651425	31
Duquesne University	Private	PA	5650	63	Atlantic 10 Conference	649623	20
Old Dominion University	Public	VA	14949	25	Colonial Athletic Association	648888	26
Dartmouth College	Private	NH	4139	88	Ivy Group	643469	30
Lafayette College	Private	PA	2438	89	Patriot League	636851	33
Towson University	Public	MD	15852	39	Colonial Athletic Association	627445	34
High Point University	Private	NC	3996	50	Big South Conference	617918	34
College of William and Mary	Public	VA	6097	83	Colonial Athletic Association	615784	33
Liberty University	Private	VA	24777	24	Big South Conference	604240	24
Princeton University	Private	NJ	5327	88	Ivy Group	601079	27
Stony Brook University	Public	NY	14566	47	America East	596778	28
University of California-Berkeley	Public	CA	25018	68	Pacific-12 Conference	593919	28
La Salle University	Private	PA	3557	56	Atlantic 10 Conference	590324	34
SUNY at Albany	Public	NY	12064	53	America East	567624	26
University of Detroit Mercy	Private	MI	2251	35	Horizon League	558555	22
University of Pennsylvania	Private	PA	10324	87	Ivy Group	556072	29
Villanova University	Private	PA	6584	85	Big East Conference	555199	42
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	Public	MD	9371	37	America East	553062	26
University of California-Davis	Public	CA	25056	52	Big West Conference	552434	28
Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus	Private	NY	4307	7	Northeast Conference	548220	21
Robert Morris University	Private	PA	3643	36	Northeast Conference	527778	32
George Mason University	Public	VA	16265	42	Colonial Athletic Association	519312	26
Harvard University	Private	MA	7233	86	Ivy Group	515067	28
Saint Joseph's University	Private	PA	4433	74	Atlantic 10 Conference	514309	31
Wagner College	Private	NY	1747	63	Northeast Conference	492903	27
College of the Holy Cross	Private	MA	2891	90	Patriot League	487696	27
Mount St Mary's University	Private	MD	1755	62	Northeast Conference	445979	22
Canisius College	Private	NY	2954	58	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	441411	25
Bryant University	Private	RI	3078	77	Northeast Conference	436076	25
Howard University	Private	DC	6270	42	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	431607	20
SUNY at Binghamton	Public	NY	11904	68	America East	427538	25
Cornell University	Private	NY	14245	87	Ivy Group	421673	29
Yale University	Private	CT	5393	89	Ivy Group	400589	30
Sacred Heart University	Private	CT	3399	58	Northeast Conference	400492	21
Bucknell University	Private	PA	3515	86	Patriot League	399290	33
Saint Marys College of California	Private	CA	2782	50	West Coast Conference	396044	25
Coastal Carolina University	Public	SC	7916	29	Big South Conference	392339	28
Campbell University	Private	NC	3374	40	Big South Conference	384617	15
Presbyterian College	Private	SC	1149	61	Big South Conference	378307	25
Saint Francis University	Private	PA	1590	51	Northeast Conference	377105	20
Longwood University	Public	VA	3963	42	Big South Conference	362073	28
Stetson University	Private	FL	2477	56	Atlantic Sun Conference	360185	23
Marist College	Private	NY	4768	71	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	359966	27
Jacksonville University	Private	FL	2153	27	Atlantic Sun Conference	358289	33
Manhattan College	Private	NY	3141	66	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	353343	23
Saint Bonaventure University	Private	NY	1839	51	Atlantic 10 Conference	336159	24
Winthrop University	Public	SC	4462	33	Big South Conference	336062	25
Central Connecticut State University	Public	CT	7771	21	Northeast Conference	335835	20
Brown University	Private	RI	6117	83	Ivy Group	331831	29
Kennesaw State University	Public	GA	16954	14	Atlantic Sun Conference	322874	20
Siena College	Private	NY	3048	69	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	318743	26
Columbia University in the City of New York	Private	NY	7236	88	Ivy Group	301644	22
American University	Private	DC	6970	73	Patriot League	284453	22
Davidson College	Private	NC	1790	89	Southern Conference	262347	24
Iona College	Private	NY	2927	56	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	261105	25
Niagara University	Private	NY	2810	62	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	258483	24
Delaware State University	Public	DE	3445	15	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	183938	22

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