Money, money, money....

[Skippy]

USA Today came out today with their annual survey of athletic department spending by state schools. Here is what the Idaho and Big Sky schools did with their budgets in 2014:

* Subsidy means the sum of student fees, direct and indirect institutional support and state money.


School Revenue Expenses Subsidy* Percent of Budget Subsidized
Cal-Davis $31 M $29.5 M $25.1M 81
North Dakota $23.8M $23.9M $13.3M 56
Cal-Poly $23.7M $22.2M $17.6 74
Sac State $21.9M $21.6M $16.9M 77
Montana $20.6M $20.3M $8.6 M 42
Montana State $18.7M $18.6M $10.5M 56
Northern Arizona $15.2M $15.0M $11.9M 78
Portland St. $13.4M $14.4M $10.0M 75
Weber State $13.4M $13.4M $8.8M 66
N. Colorado $13.3M $13.4M $9.7M 73
E. Washington $12.8M $13.3M $9.1M 71
Idaho State $12.5M $12.5M $7.5M 60
Southern Utah $10.6M $10.6M $7.9M 75
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Boise State $45.7 M $45.6M $11.8M 26
Idaho $18.9M $18.9M $9.3M 50

 

[biobengal]

Sorted by program revenue (no state support):

Montana 11.9
North Dakota 10.5
Montana State 8.2
Cal-Poly 6.2
Cal-Davis 5.9
Sac State 5.0
Idaho State 5.0
Weber State 4.6
E. Washington 3.7
N. Colorado 3.6
Portland State 3.4
Northern Arizona 3.3
Southern Utah 2.7

Idaho State looks good in this regard; also, keep in mind the 3 California schools and North Dakota have additional revenue generating sports.