Utilize the NCAA Division I-AA women's track and field statistics above to decide whether this division offers you the best athletic scholarship opportunities. The table below shows how NCAA Division I-AA schools compare to the nation's averages.
Total Number of Athletes and Average Athletes Per Team: This lets you know roughly how many female athletes are on NCAA Division I-AA women's track and field teams across the country, which will help you see how aggressive the recruiting process is, especially when you compare it to the national average. Presently there are 371 women taking part in track and field at NCAA Division I-AA schools.
Average Operating Expenses Per Player: This indicates just how much a NCAA Division I-AA college is investing in each player on their women's track and field team for things that are essential such as equipment and uniforms. Just how much a NCAA Division I-AA school invests in you as a player will help determine how valuable believe that you are to the track and field team and the overall sports program and also the amount of support they provide each player.
Average Operating Expenses Per Team: This is what it cost on average for a NCAA Division I-AA college to run the day-to-day operations that keep the track and field program functioning. This can give student athletes a good idea of the quality of women's track and field programs, facilities and training personnel at NCAA Division I-AA schools across the nation. The more NCAA Division I-AA colleges commit the better quality you should expect.
Total Full and Part Time Coaches: Coaches are crucial to helping you sharpen your abilities and help you stay on track athletically and academically so you can keep your track and field scholarship each year. The more NCAA Division I-AA women's track and field coaches there are, the more likely you are to get one-on-one instruction and attention you need to reach your primary goal of graduating from a college.
Average Total Revenue: The more money NCAA Division I-AA colleges can earn off their women's track and field programs the more likely they are to expand them. When women's track and field programs are more successful and well-known NCAA Division I-AA colleges will commit more in their existing programs and other NCAA Division I-AA colleges will create new track and field teams of their own. More NCAA Division I-AA track and field teams means more athletic scholarship opportunities at this type of school.
Average Total Expenses: Is there a growing affinity for promoting and expanding women's track and field teams at NCAA Division I-AA schools? Are NCAA Division I-AA colleges aggressively recruiting women's track and field players? The total expenses stat includes operating and recruiting expenses. This can give you a good idea of how much NCAA Division I-AA colleges throughout the nation are spending on women's track and field programs, thus whether or not track and field scholarship opportunities are likely to grow, keep pace or weaken in this division.
If you would like to be a contender for one of the many NCAA Division I-AA women's track and field scholarships that are available it will take persistence and lots of research and planning. See how NCAA Division I-AA schools in your state compare to NCAA Division I-AA schools in the U.S. Choose a state below to get detailed sports program and athletic scholarship statistics.
