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Best D3 Women's Basketball Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 402 D3 women's Basketball 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 D3 women's Basketball programs is $2,563 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $55,737, and rosters of about 16 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
402
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$2,563
Avg. Op. Budget
$55,737

Top programs

Showing 10 of 402 programs.

Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$204,300
Recruiting
$11,392
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$125,240
Recruiting
$7,479
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$112,955
Recruiting
$4,927
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$190,810
Recruiting
$3,183
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$75,282
Recruiting
$3,730
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$111,659
Recruiting
$5,364
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$163,048
Recruiting
$5,580
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$46,727
Recruiting
N/A
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$107,014
Recruiting
$4,560
10. Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$105,012
Recruiting
$3,974

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