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Best D3 Men's Basketball Programs in California, Ranked by Resources
Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 11 D3 men's Basketball programs in California by investment score — a composite built from aid per athlete, operating budget, recruiting spend, coaching staff, and head coach salary relative to its peers.
with an average operating budget of $70,599, and rosters of about 18 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
11
Avg. Op. Budget
$70,599
Top programs
Showing 11 of 11 programs.
Rank
Program
Aid/Athlete
Op. Budget
Recruiting
1
1. Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$53,801
Recruiting
$4,349
2
2. Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$74,636
Recruiting
$3,091
3
3. University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$183,100
Recruiting
$2,265
4
4. University of Redlands
Redlands, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$118,760
Recruiting
$3,120
5
5. California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$91,340
Recruiting
$1,986
6
6. Whittier College
Whittier, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$60,297
Recruiting
$440
7
7. University of La Verne
La Verne, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$31,270
Recruiting
N/A
8
8. California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$39,907
Recruiting
$1,741
9
9. Chapman University
Orange, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$79,859
Recruiting
$1,010
10
10. Pitzer College
Claremont, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$21,810
Recruiting
$1,872
11
11. Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$21,810
Recruiting
$1,872
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