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Best Men'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 1,138 men's Golf programs by operating budget.
The average operating budget across men's Golf programs is $68,249, with average recruiting spend around $11,319. 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
1,138
Avg. Op. Budget
$68,249
Avg. Recruiting
$11,319
Avg. Revenue
$231,770
Top programs
Showing 10 of 1,138 programs.
Rank
Program
Op. Budget
Recruiting
Revenue
1
1. University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Operating Budget
$1,158,947
Recruiting
$112,366
Revenue
$898,918
2
2. University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Operating Budget
$627,184
Recruiting
$74,093
Revenue
$1,598,899
3
3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Operating Budget
$570,948
Recruiting
$49,858
Revenue
$557,205
4
4. Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Operating Budget
$543,898
Recruiting
$59,420
Revenue
$1,543,115
5
5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Operating Budget
$492,841
Recruiting
$104,445
Revenue
$1,053,403
6
6. Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
Operating Budget
$487,226
Recruiting
$223,590
Revenue
$396,594
7
7. Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Operating Budget
$482,539
Recruiting
$122,610
Revenue
$1,814,936
8
8. West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Operating Budget
$481,764
Recruiting
$55,721
Revenue
$1,310,515
9
9. Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Operating Budget
$462,330
Recruiting
$48,914
Revenue
$1,574,951
10
10. Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Operating Budget
$443,957
Recruiting
$132,030
Revenue
$2,139,684
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