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Best D1 Women's Softball Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 302 D1 women's Softball programs by investment score — a composite built from aid per athlete, operating budget, recruiting spend, coaching staff, and head coach salary relative to its peers.

Average aid across D1 women's Softball programs is $24,676 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $329,317, and rosters of about 23 athletes. Programs near the top tend to combine larger budgets with stronger per-athlete support.

Use this ranking to find programs that back their athletes with real resources, then read our guide on how to compare scholarship offers.

Programs
302
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$24,676
Avg. Op. Budget
$329,317

Top programs

Showing 10 of 302 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$59,016
Op. Budget
$845,764
Recruiting
$64,730
Aid/Athlete
$37,959
Op. Budget
$434,006
Recruiting
$92,531
Aid/Athlete
$41,207
Op. Budget
$762,501
Recruiting
$116,671
Aid/Athlete
$48,156
Op. Budget
$1,081,296
Recruiting
$69,531
Aid/Athlete
$43,087
Op. Budget
$484,581
Recruiting
$91,156
6. University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Aid/Athlete
$37,704
Op. Budget
$569,506
Recruiting
$86,266
Aid/Athlete
$32,737
Op. Budget
$793,246
Recruiting
$57,199
Aid/Athlete
$32,386
Op. Budget
$1,069,667
Recruiting
$70,229
Aid/Athlete
$28,152
Op. Budget
$501,802
Recruiting
$50,293
Aid/Athlete
$32,875
Op. Budget
$586,990
Recruiting
$74,021

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