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NWAC
The 32 colleges in NWAC reported $36.9 million of athletics revenue in the 2024–25 survey year, according to the Education Department’s athletics disclosures.
That is 0.1% of the $28.3 billion reported by all 2,037 colleges.
NWAC, 2024–25
- 46.9%
- Reported revenue exactly equal to expenses
- 15 of these 32 colleges.
- 32
- Colleges reporting
- $36.9 million
- Revenue, as reported
- $36,923,365
- Not profit.
- $35.0 million
- Expenses, as reported
- $35,018,830
- 4,453
- Athletes
- 2,455 men and 1,998 women, each counted once.
- 44.9%
- Women’s share of athletes
- 56.5%
- Women’s share of students
- At the same colleges, set beside the share of athletes.
Revenue and expenses over time
NWAC colleges reported $36.9 million of athletics revenue in 2024–25, against $16.9 million in 2015–16, in each year's dollars
Athletics revenue and expenses reported by the colleges in NWAC each survey year from 2015–16 to 2024–25: the colleges in the classification that year. In each year's dollars.
A college that moved between divisions is counted where it was each year, so the line follows the classification, not a fixed set of colleges.
Not adjusted for inflation.
Source: The Education Department’s athletics disclosures
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The figures
| Survey year | Revenue | Expenses | Colleges | Revenue equal to expenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | $16.9 million | $16.2 million | 24 | 6 |
| 2016–17 | $20.0 million | $19.1 million | 28 | 14 |
| 2017–18 | $22.7 million | $21.8 million | 31 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | $23.6 million | $22.3 million | 31 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | $23.6 million | $21.6 million | 31 | 13 |
| 2020–21 | $26.1 million | $23.8 million | 28 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | $37.6 million | $35.4 million | 33 | 15 |
| 2022–23 | $42.3 million | $40.9 million | 33 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | $50.1 million | $48.1 million | 34 | 15 |
| 2024–25 | $36.9 million | $35.0 million | 32 | 15 |
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Every college in NWAC, by reported revenue
All 32, largest first, with each college’s expenses beside its revenue. Neither column is a measure of profit.
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Every division, and the country’s totals: Sports. How the figures are made: the method.
Sources
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act data — every college athletics program, by institution — Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 27, 2026
Compiled automatically from Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act data — every college athletics program, by institution by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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