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Division II Facts & Figures (Continued)
NCAA - Sponsored Championships
(Source: 2001-02 Division II Championships Program)
Sports Participants
Men 12 5,942
Women 13 5,628
Total 25 11,570
Average Operating Expenses Per
Division II Institution
(Source: 2001 NCAA Revenues and Expenses Report)
Scholarship Equivalencies per
Division II Institution
(Source: 1982-01 Participation Statistics
Report)
Highest Institutional
Total
With
Football
Without
Football
Men $1,190,000 $670,000
Women 680,000 620,000
Nongender 430,000 260,000
Total $2,300,000 $1,550,000
Men Women
92.80 71.76
Average 35.18 24.41
Other Interesting Facts About Division II:
Average Number of Student - Athletes per
Division II Institution
(Source: 2001 NCAA Revenues and
Expenses Report)
With
Football
Without
Football
Avg. Men 211 95
Avg. Women 117 80
Avg. Total 328 175
Smallest 126 46
Largest 782 598
Average Total Expenses by Quartile
(Source: 2001 NCAA Revenues and Expenses Report)
1st Quartile of
schools
2nd Quartile of
schools
3rd Quartile of
schools
4th Quartile of
schools
With
Football
Without
Football
$3,769,218 $2,509,264
2,513,368 1,763,510
1,786,014 1,232,092
1,128,557 691,669
• Division II’s largest school has 22,845 undergraduate students; the smallest school h as 383
undergraduate students.
• There is one Division II institution that is male only.
• There are three Division II institution s that are female only.
• Division II has 7 independent active member institutions.
• Division II has 22 active member voting confer ences.
• Division II has two active member institutions in Alaska; four active member institutions in
Hawaii; and four provisio nal member institutions in Puerto Rico.
• There are two historically black conferences affiliated with Division II (CIAA and SIAC )
• Division II schools (University of North Dakota and University of Minnesota, Duluth) have r ecently
won Division I Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey National Championships.
Division II Athletics Programs are Unique Because :
• Traditional rivalries with regional institutions dominate schedules of many Division II
athletics programs.
• Division II teams usually feature a number of local or in - state student - athletes.
• Many Divisio n II coaches perform other jobs or functions at their institutions, including
teaching.
• Many Division II student - athletes pay for school through a combination of scholarship money,
grants, student loans and employment earnings.
• Most Division II athletics programs are financed in the institution’s budget, like other academic
departments on cam pus.
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