New England Small College Athletic Conference - Athletic Spending

Athletic Spending

The U. S. Department of Education publishes statistics on athletic spending by colleges. In 2008-09, athletic spending by NESCAC schools was as follows:

School Athletic Spending Div III rank Amount per Student Div III rank # Varsity Athletes Div III rank
Amherst $4,787,882 12 $2,821 5 525 38
Bates $3,935,033 19 $2,215 21 610 18
Bowdoin $4,107,899 14 $2,393 10 626 13
Colby $4,102,759 15 $2,221 19 624 14
Connecticut $2,948,418 53 $1,699 46 477 63
Hamilton $2,557,165 69 $1,395 90 563 28
Middlebury $4,926,939 8 $2,043 24 654 10
Trinity $4,469,160 13 $2,049 23 610 19
Tufts $3,365,255 30 $672 266 728 5
Wesleyan $4,067,608 16 $1,480 75 586 22
Williams $4,891,702 9 $2,466 7 793 2

Eight (out of eleven) NESCAC schools rank in the top 20 of Division III for total athletic spending. With the exception of Connecticut College, all NESCAC schools rank in the top 10% of Division III for # of varsity athletes. Connecticut College athletic spending and # of varsity athletes are low because it does not have a football team. Tufts per-student athletic spending is low because it has nearly double the undergraduate population (5,100) of its nearest NESCAC rival (Wesleyan, with 2,700).

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