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Best D3 Women's Swimming Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 130 D3 women's Swimming 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 Swimming programs is $3,015 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $28,893, and rosters of about 15 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
130
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$3,015
Avg. Op. Budget
$28,893

Top programs

Showing 10 of 130 programs.

Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$75,272
Recruiting
$6,979
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$82,832
Recruiting
$2,933
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$62,669
Recruiting
$3,025
4. Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$62,507
Recruiting
$4,209
5. Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$29,146
Recruiting
$8,329
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$260,247
Recruiting
$12,946
7. Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$67,059
Recruiting
$5,358
8. Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$33,421
Recruiting
$2,573
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$63,107
Recruiting
$3,147
Aid/Athlete
N/A
Op. Budget
$48,192
Recruiting
$6,718

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