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At Georgia State, athletic fees totaled $17.6 million in 2014, from a student population in which nearly 60 percent qualify for Pell Grants, the federal aid program for low-income students. The university contributed another $3 million in direct support to its sports programs.
At most colleges, athletics are a money-losing proposition that would not exist without billions of dollars in mandatory student contributions — a burden that grows greater every year, according to our review of five years of NCAA financial reports obtained through public records requests from 201 D-1 universities.
The Huffington Post & The Chronicle of Higher Education HuffPost & The Chronicle Public universities poured more than $10 billion over the last five years into their athletics programs.
More than half of the $30 million that James Madison spent on football from 2010 to 2014 came from student fees, according to annual filings with the NCAA. All told, the university poured $146 million in subsidies into its athletics department over that period, spending more than $4 in student money for every $1 it earned from ticket sales ...
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, University of Georgia (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here . HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here . HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.
The Huffington Post & The Chronicle of Higher Education ... Student fees. 21%. Institutional support. 79%. Government support. 0%. Total subsidy income, 2010 - 2014 ...
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, East Carolina University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010).Read our methodology here.. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.