Report: Who's Tops in College Athletics Fundraising?
Posted: October 2nd, 2007, 1:20 pm
Out of the 119 largest college athletic departments in the nation, who's tops in fund-raising this year?
Looks like the University of North Carolina Tar Heels knew where to find the cash.
Interestingly enough, the premise of the study is not to find out who's raising the most money, but what percentage of the participating schools' total fund-raising is going to support athletics. Every year since 1998, that percentage has increased (from 14.7% in '98 to 26% in '03), raising a lot of questions in the academic community at large. It should be noted, however, that this trend did not apply at UNC. Their current academic fund-raising campaign is at $2.2b.
Looks like the University of North Carolina Tar Heels knew where to find the cash.
Chronicle of Higher Education Survey wrote:1. University of North Carolina - $51mComplete survey summary and results can be found here: http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i06/06a00101.htm
2. University of Virginia - $45.2m
3. The Ohio State University - $39m
4. University of Florida - $37.4m
5. University of Georgia - $36.6m
6. University of Tennessee at Knoxville - $35.8m
7. Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge - $35m
8. University of California at Berkeley - $34.1m
9. Texas A&M University at College Station - $32.1m
10. University of Louisville - $30.6m
Interestingly enough, the premise of the study is not to find out who's raising the most money, but what percentage of the participating schools' total fund-raising is going to support athletics. Every year since 1998, that percentage has increased (from 14.7% in '98 to 26% in '03), raising a lot of questions in the academic community at large. It should be noted, however, that this trend did not apply at UNC. Their current academic fund-raising campaign is at $2.2b.
