In 2024, the University of Texas at San Antonio spent $2,402,026 on its women’s basketball teams, which is $1,461,682 higher than the state’s average expenditure of $940,344, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
This figure represented 4.9% of the institution’s total spending on sports teams in 2024.
Since 2010, the University of Texas at San Antonio has experienced a 273.9% rise in overall athletic expenses.
Basketball ranks among the top collegiate sports in the United States, alongside football, with prominent NCAA programs drawing dedicated fans and television audiences that at times match NBA viewership. Competitions like March Madness capture millions of viewers annually.
College sports entered a new era of athlete compensation following a federal legal settlement authorizing schools to directly share revenue with athletes for the first time. This agreement also commits the NCAA to distribute $2.8 billion in back damages over 10 years to eligible athletes dating back to 2016.
Athletes gained the right to benefit from their names, images and likenesses in 2022, following years of legal and legislative action, enabled by new state statutes and an NCAA policy change.
The NCAA earned approximately $900 million from broadcasting March Madness and other Division I men’s basketball tournament media rights in fiscal year 2024, making basketball the organization’s largest revenue contributor.
| Year | Basketball team’s expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1,285,558 | 4.3% |
| 2021 | $1,247,628 | 4.5% |
| 2022 | $2,031,447 | 5.4% |
| 2023 | $2,270,138 | 5.1% |
| 2024 | $2,402,026 | 4.9% |
