Public universities competing in NCAA Division I sports spend as much as six times more per athlete than they spend to educate students. Read more on the USA Today.
Per-university spending to subsidize sports
The sum of students fees, direct and indirect institutional support and state money to college athletic departments of local interest are listed below. The NCAA and others consider such funds "allocated" or everything not generated by the department's athletics functions.
WKU: $14 million
MSU: $9.8 million
UK: $819,000
UofL: $10.1 million
For a list of all universities, visit USA Today's database.
