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Golf at U.S. colleges

Colleges reported $542.2 million of golf revenue in the 2024–25 survey year, according to the Education Department’s athletics disclosures.

1,271 colleges fielded golf, with 20,297 athletes and $589.2 million of expenses: 2.6% of the revenue colleges attributed to any sport.

Golf, 2024–25

1,271
Colleges fielding it: $542.2 million
Revenue, as reported: $542,214,010; Not profit.; $589.2 million
Expenses, as reported: $589,177,893; 20,297
Athletes: 12,724 men and 7,573 women.; 37.3%
Women’s share of athletes: 2,177
Head coaches: 1,805
Assistant coaches

Revenue and expenses over time

Colleges reported $542.2 million of golf revenue in 2024–⁠25, against $166.9 million in 2008–⁠09, in each year's dollars

Revenue and expenses the colleges attributed to golf each survey year from 2008–⁠09 to 2024–⁠25, with the colleges that fielded it and its athletes. In each year's dollars.

The colleges that fielded the sport each year, not a fixed set of colleges. An athlete on two teams of the sport is counted on each.

Not adjusted for inflation.

Source: The Education Department’s athletics disclosures

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Colleges reported $542.2 million of golf revenue in 2024–25, against $166.9 million in 2008–09, in each year's dollars. Revenue and expenses the colleges attributed to golf each survey year from 2008–09 to 2024–25, with the colleges that fielded it and its athletes. In each year's dollars.
Survey year	Revenue	Expenses	Colleges	Athletes
2008–⁠09	$166.9 million	$219.3 million	1,281	17,713
2009–⁠10	$188.3 million	$231.6 million	1,290	18,038
2010–⁠11	$205.7 million	$250.8 million	1,302	18,180
2011–⁠12	$229.3 million	$271.2 million	1,297	18,250
2012–⁠13	$249.1 million	$290.5 million	1,303	18,422
2013–⁠14	$265.7 million	$314.2 million	1,302	18,743
2014–⁠15	$281.2 million	$333.4 million	1,299	18,713
2015–⁠16	$297.6 million	$352.8 million	1,305	19,009
2016–⁠17	$318.3 million	$375.4 million	1,294	18,890
2017–⁠18	$337.3 million	$394.9 million	1,301	18,888
2018–⁠19	$366.7 million	$418.0 million	1,299	18,699
2019–⁠20	$327.4 million	$395.4 million	1,252	18,212
2020–⁠21	$362.7 million	$372.9 million	1,168	17,419
2021–⁠22	$423.5 million	$456.2 million	1,254	19,397
2022–⁠23	$461.0 million	$508.1 million	1,271	19,603
2023–⁠24	$498.1 million	$540.2 million	1,265	19,954
2024–⁠25	$542.2 million	$589.2 million	1,271	20,297

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The colleges reporting the most golf revenue

The 25 largest of the 1,271 colleges that reported golf revenue for 2024–25, with the expenses they attributed to it beside it. Neither column is a measure of profit.

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Colleges by reported golf revenue, 2024–25
Rank	College	State	Revenue	Expenses	Athletes
1	University of Hawaii at Manoa	Hawaii	$10.0 million$10,004,848	$983,875	19
2	Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma	$7.2 million$7,170,458	$7.2 million$7,170,458	18
3	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	$4.5 million$4,547,525	$4.5 million$4,547,525	19
4	Stanford University	California	$4.3 million$4,282,174	$4.3 million$4,282,174	17
5	San Diego State University	California	$3.8 million$3,793,544	$4.9 million$4,866,303	21
6	Michigan State University	Michigan	$3.8 million$3,765,953	$3.8 million$3,765,953	19
7	The University of Alabama	Alabama	$3.7 million$3,704,545	$3.7 million$3,704,545	18
8	Florida State University	Florida	$3.4 million$3,412,303	$3.4 million$3,412,303	22
9	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Arizona	$3.4 million$3,353,426	$3.4 million$3,353,426	12
10	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	$3.3 million$3,325,153	$3.3 million$3,325,153	16
11	Baylor University	Texas	$3.3 million$3,301,122	$3.3 million$3,301,122	19
12	University of Southern California	California	$3.2 million$3,237,903	$3.2 million$3,237,903	15
13	University of South Carolina-Columbia	South Carolina	$3.2 million$3,169,703	$3.2 million$3,169,703	19
14	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	$3.1 million$3,060,360	$3.1 million$3,060,360	19
15	University of Mississippi	Mississippi	$3.1 million$3,056,525	$3.1 million$3,056,525	16
16	University of Arizona	Arizona	$3.0 million$3,000,899	$3.0 million$3,000,899	18
17	Southern Methodist University	Texas	$3.0 million$2,973,585	$3.0 million$2,973,585	16
18	Texas Christian University	Texas	$2.8 million$2,779,369	$2.8 million$2,779,369	19
19	Pepperdine University	California	$2.7 million$2,716,081	$2.7 million$2,716,081	16
20	Mississippi State University	Mississippi	$2.7 million$2,706,059	$2.7 million$2,706,059	19
21	Duke University	North Carolina	$2.6 million$2,615,841	$2.8 million$2,798,383	17
22	University of California-Los Angeles	California	$2.5 million$2,548,425	$2.5 million$2,548,425	20
23	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Jersey	$2.5 million$2,479,402	$2.5 million$2,479,402	17
24	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Virginia	$2.5 million$2,461,119	$2.5 million$2,461,119	19
25	Abilene Christian University	Texas	$2.5 million$2,454,696	$1.2 million$1,160,746	18

Every sport side by side: college sports by reported revenue and college sports by athletes. How the figures are made: the method.

Sources

Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act data — every varsity team, by college and sport — 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 varsity team, by college and sport by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved October 16, 2026