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Weightlifting at U.S. colleges
Colleges reported $7.8 million of weightlifting revenue in the 2024–25 survey year, according to the Education Department’s athletics disclosures.
28 colleges fielded weightlifting, with 589 athletes and $5.6 million of expenses: < 0.1% of the revenue colleges attributed to any sport.
Weightlifting, 2024–25
- 28
- Colleges fielding it
- $7.8 million
- Revenue, as reported
- $7,814,786
- Not profit.
- $5.6 million
- Expenses, as reported
- $5,578,217
- 589
- Athletes
- 335 men and 254 women.
- 43.1%
- Women’s share of athletes
- 54
- Head coaches
- 20
- Assistant coaches
Revenue and expenses over time
Colleges reported $7.8 million of weightlifting revenue in 2024–25, against $596,859 in 2008–09, in each year's dollars
Revenue and expenses the colleges attributed to weightlifting 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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The figures
| Survey year | Revenue | Expenses | Colleges | Athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | $596,859 | $597,580 | 18 | 247 |
| 2009–10 | $542,319 | $542,319 | 17 | 191 |
| 2010–11 | $441,318 | $407,742 | 15 | 152 |
| 2011–12 | $584,564 | $576,388 | 15 | 213 |
| 2012–13 | $528,798 | $525,124 | 14 | 189 |
| 2013–14 | $549,856 | $549,918 | 14 | 177 |
| 2014–15 | $532,506 | $534,708 | 16 | 187 |
| 2015–16 | $685,299 | $687,545 | 15 | 186 |
| 2016–17 | $448,037 | $445,221 | 10 | 124 |
| 2017–18 | $1.1 million | $1.0 million | 14 | 208 |
| 2018–19 | $2.5 million | $2.3 million | 17 | 256 |
| 2019–20 | $2.6 million | $2.5 million | 18 | 282 |
| 2020–21 | $2.6 million | $2.5 million | 9 | 185 |
| 2021–22 | $3.3 million | $3.1 million | 18 | 342 |
| 2022–23 | $4.3 million | $3.9 million | 22 | 399 |
| 2023–24 | $5.8 million | $4.5 million | 21 | 434 |
| 2024–25 | $7.8 million | $5.6 million | 28 | 589 |
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The colleges reporting the most weightlifting revenue
The 25 largest of the 28 colleges that reported weightlifting revenue for 2024–25, with the expenses they attributed to it beside it. Neither column is a measure of profit.
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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
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