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Best D3 Women's Golf Programs, Ranked by Operating Budget
A program's operating budget shows how much it spends to run the team day to day — from travel and equipment to coaching staff. Below, we've ranked all 232 D3 women's Golf programs by operating budget.
The average operating budget across D3 women's Golf programs is $26,236, with average recruiting spend around $1,148. Programs with larger budgets don't always offer more aid, but they tend to signal a higher level of institutional commitment.
Use this ranking to compare program spending, then read our guide on stacking athletic, academic, and need-based aid.
Programs
232
Avg. Op. Budget
$26,236
Avg. Recruiting
$1,148
Avg. Revenue
$69,784
Top programs
Showing 10 of 232 programs.
Rank
Program
Op. Budget
Recruiting
Revenue
1
1. University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Operating Budget
$148,443
Recruiting
$1,396
Revenue
$241,914
2
2. Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Operating Budget
$113,837
Recruiting
$3,611
Revenue
$398,574
3
3. New York University
New York, NY
Operating Budget
$104,324
Recruiting
$5,178
Revenue
$194,675
4
4. Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Operating Budget
$99,514
Recruiting
$3,978
Revenue
$209,682
5
5. George Fox University
Newberg, OR
Operating Budget
$90,416
Recruiting
$2,682
Revenue
$147,636
6
6. Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Operating Budget
$80,521
Recruiting
$2,101
Revenue
$174,894
7
7. Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Operating Budget
$79,814
Recruiting
$3,185
Revenue
$247,216
8
8. California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
Operating Budget
$77,553
Recruiting
$1,401
Revenue
$150,058
9
9. University of Redlands
Redlands, CA
Operating Budget
$75,377
Recruiting
$1,037
Revenue
$158,273
10
10. Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
Operating Budget
$72,776
Recruiting
$1,011
Revenue
$195,773
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