2022 NFL Salaries by College

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Overall

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	407	$1,690.8M
2.	Big Ten	308	$1,242.7M
3.	ACC	223	$998.7M
4.	PAC-12	201	$857.4M
5.	Big 12	168	$566.4M
6.	FCS	149	$434.6M
7.	MWC	66	$301.9M
8.	AAC	103	$295.7M
9.	Independent	59	$221.7M
10.	MAC	46	$186.5M
11.	C-USA	57	$179M
12.	Sun Belt	49	$84.6M
13.	International	2	$16.7M

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Ohio State	56	$315.8M
2.	Alabama	65	$310.6M
3.	LSU	56	$242.7M
4.	Clemson	32	$205.9M
5.	Oklahoma	40	$198.5M
6.	Georgia	48	$168.5M
7.	Texas A&M	25	$165.5M
8.	Wisconsin	29	$159.2M
9.	California	17	$148M
10.	Miss St	21	$146.6M
11.	Penn State	37	$141.4M
12.	Michigan	38	$136.5M
13.	FSU	21	$133.7M
14.	Ole Miss	23	$131.7M
15.	Notre Dame	38	$128.9M
16.	Southern Cal	23	$123M
17.	Iowa	34	$119M
18.	Washington	29	$105.5M
19.	Boston College	17	$103.4M
20.	Pittsburgh	17	$97.8M
21.	Auburn	26	$97.5M
22.	Stanford	23	$93.5M
23.	UCLA	27	$89.6M
24.	Florida	33	$87.9M
25.	Maryland	12	$87.5M
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Quarterbacks

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	16	$144.3M
2.	ACC	14	$137.9M
3.	Big 12	11	$118.9M
4.	Big Ten	10	$113.6M
5.	PAC-12	9	$113.3M
6.	MWC	4	$87.6M
7.	FCS	6	$53M
8.	AAC	5	$11.4M
9.	Independent	1	$8.8M
10.	Sun Belt	2	$4.4M
11.	C-USA	2	$3.6M
12.	MAC	0	$0
12.	International	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	California	2	$83.8M
2.	Oklahoma	3	$55.8M
3.	Clemson	2	$55.2M
4.	Wisconsin	1	$48.5M
5.	Texas Tech	1	$45M
6.	Wyoming	1	$43M
7.	N Dakota St	3	$41.2M
8.	Fresno St	1	$40.5M
9.	Georgia	1	$40M
9.	Miss St	1	$40M
11.	Michigan St	2	$37M
12.	Texas A&M	2	$30.8M
13.	Boston College	1	$30M
14.	Michigan	2	$17M
15.	Oregon	2	$16M
16.	FSU	1	$14M
17.	Alabama	2	$11.5M
18.	LSU	1	$9M
19.	Louisville	2	$8.9M
20.	BYU	1	$8.8M
21.	Houston	2	$8.5M
22.	UNC	2	$8.1M
23.	Southern Cal	1	$7.6M
24.	E Illinois	1	$7M
25.	Duke	1	$6.4M
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Running Backs

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	35	$92.6M
2.	Big Ten	23	$60.3M
3.	ACC	17	$43.1M
4.	Big 12	16	$30M
5.	PAC-12	13	$28.4M
6.	FCS	8	$20M
7.	C-USA	5	$16.7M
8.	MWC	7	$11.7M
9.	MAC	6	$10.7M
10.	AAC	9	$10.3M
11.	Sun Belt	5	$7.5M
12.	Independent	4	$5.7M
13.	International	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Alabama	7	$24.4M
2.	Tennessee	3	$21.8M
3.	Georgia	6	$18.6M
4.	Ohio State	3	$17.7M
5.	Oklahoma	4	$16.3M
6.	Stanford	1	$16M
7.	FSU	2	$14.1M
8.	LSU	5	$12.8M
9.	Wisconsin	5	$12.5M
10.	UTEP	1	$12M
11.	Penn State	3	$11.2M
12.	Toledo	2	$8.3M
13.	San Diego St	3	$7.5M
14.	NC State	2	$7.1M
15.	Pittsburgh	1	$7M
16.	Rutgers	3	$6.7M
17.	UNC	5	$6.3M
18.	Western State College Colorado	1	$6.1M
19.	Fordham	1	$6.1M
20.	Harvard	1	$5.4M
21.	Iowa State	3	$4.3M
22.	Memphis	4	$4M
23.	BYU	2	$4M
24.	Maine	1	$3.8M
25.	Nebraska	2	$3.5M
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Receivers

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	64	$309.8M
2.	Big Ten	48	$227.8M
3.	PAC-12	40	$169.3M
4.	ACC	31	$157.5M
5.	FCS	30	$99.6M
6.	Big 12	28	$84.8M
7.	AAC	22	$81.2M
8.	MAC	11	$61.8M
9.	MWC	12	$56.6M
10.	Independent	13	$28M
11.	C-USA	8	$26.4M
12.	Sun Belt	12	$15.7M
13.	International	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Ole Miss	5	$73.2M
2.	Clemson	8	$71.5M
3.	Ohio State	10	$70.8M
4.	Alabama	12	$56.6M
5.	Penn State	7	$54.6M
6.	Maryland	3	$45.7M
7.	Southern Cal	6	$39.6M
8.	LSU	9	$37.7M
9.	Texas A&M	3	$37.5M
10.	Oklahoma	7	$32.9M
11.	E Washington	2	$31.7M
12.	Stanford	6	$31.2M
13.	South Carolina	5	$30.6M
14.	West Alabama	1	$30M
15.	California	5	$29.1M
16.	Fresno St	1	$28M
17.	Iowa	5	$24.8M
18.	Miami (FL)	5	$22.6M
19.	Kansas St	2	$21.4M
20.	Oregon St	2	$20.9M
21.	SMU	5	$19.3M
22.	Toledo	2	$19.2M
23.	Cincinnati	4	$18.3M
24.	N Illinois	1	$18M
25.	Georgia Tech	2	$17.8M
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Offensive Line

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	66	$281.9M
2.	Big Ten	62	$250.1M
3.	ACC	34	$161.9M
4.	PAC-12	33	$136.8M
5.	Big 12	30	$136.4M
6.	FCS	32	$76M
7.	Independent	13	$69.3M
8.	MWC	9	$58.5M
9.	MAC	13	$40.2M
10.	AAC	12	$39.6M
11.	C-USA	10	$19.3M
12.	Sun Belt	7	$7.7M
13.	International	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Notre Dame	9	$64.9M
2.	Oklahoma	9	$64.5M
3.	Alabama	10	$56.2M
4.	Ohio State	12	$46.6M
5.	Iowa	10	$43.5M
6.	Wisconsin	8	$42.9M
7.	Michigan	9	$40.3M
8.	Texas A&M	6	$38.6M
9.	W Michigan	5	$30.2M
10.	Virginia Tech	6	$30M
11.	TCU	5	$30M
12.	Florida	6	$28.9M
13.	UCLA	6	$27.1M
14.	NC State	3	$26.1M
15.	Georgia	7	$25.8M
16.	Ole Miss	4	$25.8M
17.	Missouri	5	$25.1M
18.	Nevada	2	$24.8M
19.	Colorado	1	$23M
20.	Penn State	5	$22.5M
21.	Southern Cal	4	$20.5M
22.	Michigan St	2	$20M
23.	LSU	10	$19.1M
24.	Auburn	3	$19.1M
25.	Pittsburgh	1	$18.5M
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Defensive Line

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	72	$308.5M
2.	Big Ten	52	$210.4M
3.	ACC	40	$194.4M
4.	PAC-12	28	$148.1M
5.	FCS	21	$75.6M
6.	Big 12	26	$64M
7.	C-USA	12	$42.9M
8.	Independent	8	$30.2M
9.	AAC	12	$27.9M
10.	MAC	4	$26.9M
11.	MWC	5	$21.7M
12.	International	2	$16.7M
13.	Sun Belt	6	$10M

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Alabama	11	$59.4M
2.	Michigan	11	$54.2M
3.	Ohio State	11	$52.5M
4.	Texas A&M	6	$49.7M
5.	Clemson	9	$49.1M
6.	Miss St	5	$47.2M
7.	Oregon	3	$38.7M
8.	Pittsburgh	3	$33.9M
9.	LSU	7	$30M
10.	Auburn	5	$27.9M
11.	Southern Cal	5	$27.7M
12.	FSU	6	$24.9M
13.	E Michigan	2	$24.7M
14.	Penn State	7	$21.2M
15.	UCLA	4	$20.7M
16.	Washington	3	$20.6M
17.	California	2	$20.3M
18.	NC State	5	$19.4M
19.	Notre Dame	6	$18.8M
20.	Syracuse	3	$18.8M
21.	Maryland	3	$18.5M
22.	Miami (FL)	5	$17.6M
23.	Oklahoma St	2	$17.5M
24.	Wisconsin	3	$15.9M
25.	South Carolina	4	$15.9M
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Linebackers

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	50	$216.2M
2.	Big Ten	47	$169.5M
3.	PAC-12	22	$76.1M
4.	ACC	25	$68.1M
5.	FCS	21	$56.3M
6.	MWC	12	$41.2M
7.	AAC	11	$39.7M
8.	Big 12	22	$35.4M
9.	MAC	6	$31.8M
10.	Independent	9	$28.2M
11.	Sun Belt	6	$13.8M
12.	C-USA	5	$8.6M
13.	International	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	LSU	10	$49.8M
2.	Ohio State	6	$44.5M
3.	Georgia	10	$42.7M
4.	Kentucky	4	$39.6M
5.	Wisconsin	8	$36M
6.	Boston College	5	$32.5M
7.	Nebraska	4	$28.5M
8.	Buffalo	2	$24.5M
9.	Alabama	7	$24M
10.	Temple	4	$23.9M
11.	UCLA	6	$23.5M
12.	BYU	3	$22.2M
13.	Washington	4	$20.5M
14.	S Carolina St	1	$19.7M
15.	Colorado St	1	$17M
15.	Vanderbilt	2	$17M
17.	Minnesota	4	$15M
18.	Yale	1	$15M
19.	Miss St	2	$14.3M
20.	Iowa	6	$14.2M
21.	Grand Valley State University	1	$13.6M
22.	Utah State	2	$11.8M
23.	Oklahoma	5	$10.3M
24.	Houston	4	$10.3M
25.	Southern Cal	1	$9.5M
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Secondary

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	83	$307.8M
2.	ACC	49	$209.3M
3.	Big Ten	53	$193.8M
4.	PAC-12	46	$159M
5.	Big 12	27	$78.9M
6.	AAC	21	$63.3M
7.	C-USA	12	$53.3M
8.	Independent	9	$49.7M
9.	FCS	25	$45.3M
10.	MAC	6	$15.1M
11.	Sun Belt	7	$14.6M
12.	MWC	10	$11.3M
13.	International	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	LSU	11	$80.8M
2.	Alabama	15	$77.5M
3.	Ohio State	10	$74.4M
4.	FSU	6	$55.9M
5.	Washington	10	$44.1M
6.	Auburn	9	$31.6M
7.	Boston College	4	$28.5M
8.	MTSU	3	$28.5M
9.	Virginia Tech	7	$28.2M
10.	Iowa	7	$28.1M
11.	Miss St	5	$24M
12.	Utah	6	$24M
13.	Texas	8	$22.9M
14.	Notre Dame	5	$22.6M
15.	Baylor	3	$21.6M
16.	Pittsburgh	7	$21.2M
17.	Louisville	1	$21M
18.	Maryland	3	$20.9M
19.	South Carolina	7	$19.6M
20.	Florida	6	$19.2M
21.	Houston	4	$17.9M
22.	UCF	3	$17.7M
23.	Connecticut	1	$16.5M
24.	Penn State	7	$16.5M
25.	Oregon St	4	$16.3M
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Special Teams

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	21	$29.8M
2.	PAC-12	10	$26.4M
3.	ACC	13	$26.4M
4.	AAC	11	$22.4M
5.	Big 12	8	$18M
6.	Big Ten	13	$17.1M
7.	MWC	7	$13.3M
8.	Sun Belt	4	$10.8M
9.	FCS	6	$8.8M
10.	C-USA	3	$8.2M
11.	Independent	2	$1.9M
12.	MAC	0	$0
12.	International	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Texas	2	$9.7M
2.	FSU	2	$7.7M
3.	Oklahoma	4	$6.3M
4.	Auburn	3	$6M
5.	New Mexico	2	$5.9M
6.	Rice	2	$5.8M
7.	GA Southern	2	$5.7M
8.	Penn State	3	$5.5M
9.	Georgia Tech	2	$4.9M
10.	Ohio State	3	$4.6M
11.	Memphis	2	$4.5M
12.	UCLA	1	$4.4M
13.	UCF	2	$4.3M
14.	Colorado	1	$4.3M
14.	Temple	1	$4.3M
16.	Georgia St	1	$4.1M
17.	South Carolina	1	$4M
18.	NC State	2	$3.9M
19.	Marist	1	$3.9M
20.	Tulane	2	$3.9M
21.	Miss St	2	$3.8M
22.	Georgia	4	$3.6M
23.	Utah	2	$3.4M
24.	LSU	3	$3.3M
25.	Arizona St	2	$3.3M
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Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Ohio State	56	$315.8M
2.	Alabama	65	$310.6M
3.	LSU	56	$242.7M
4.	Clemson	32	$205.9M
5.	Oklahoma	40	$198.5M
6.	Georgia	48	$168.5M
7.	Texas A&M	25	$165.5M
8.	Wisconsin	29	$159.2M
9.	California	17	$148M
10.	Mississippi State	21	$146.6M
11.	Penn State	37	$141.4M
12.	Michigan	38	$136.5M
13.	Florida State	21	$133.7M
14.	Mississippi	23	$131.7M
15.	Notre Dame	38	$128.9M
16.	Southern California	23	$123M
17.	Iowa	34	$119M
18.	Washington	29	$105.5M
19.	Boston College	17	$103.4M
20.	Pittsburgh	17	$97.8M
21.	Auburn	26	$97.5M
22.	Stanford	23	$93.5M
23.	UCLA	27	$89.6M
24.	Florida	33	$87.9M
25.	Maryland	12	$87.5M
26.	Oregon	19	$86.9M
27.	Virginia Tech	22	$85.9M
28.	South Carolina	24	$82.9M
29.	Temple	16	$76.2M
30.	Texas	28	$75.3M
31.	North Carolina State	17	$74.1M
32.	Fresno State	6	$72.5M
33.	Michigan State	15	$71.5M
34.	Kentucky	19	$65.4M
35.	Wyoming	8	$65.3M
36.	Utah	17	$64.8M
37.	Texas Tech	13	$63.2M
38.	Miami	22	$62.8M
39.	Tennessee	22	$59.2M
40.	Brigham Young	11	$56.9M
41.	Nebraska	18	$56.2M
42.	Texas Christian	18	$54.7M
43.	North Dakota State	11	$54.2M
44.	Missouri	18	$52.6M
45.	Kansas State	10	$51.5M
46.	Louisville	8	$50.3M
47.	Western Michigan	11	$49.9M
48.	Cincinnati	17	$49.3M
49.	Houston	15	$49.2M
50.	Arkansas	16	$47.3M
51.	Oregon State	10	$46.6M
52.	Colorado	8	$45.2M
53.	Boise State	12	$43.8M
54.	North Carolina	18	$43.1M
55.	Oklahoma State	19	$39.8M
56.	Eastern Washington	4	$39M
57.	Syracuse	9	$35.4M
58.	South Carolina State	4	$34.9M
59.	Baylor	15	$34.7M
60.	Georgia Tech	8	$34.5M
61.	Colorado State	7	$33.9M
62.	Duke	12	$32.8M
63.	Minnesota	14	$32.6M
64.	Vanderbilt	11	$32.5M
65.	Toledo	9	$32.1M
66.	Rutgers	13	$32.1M
67.	Central Florida	11	$31.4M
68.	Middle Tennessee State	6	$31.2M
69.	Connecticut	5	$31.2M
70.	West Alabama	1	$30M
71.	Nevada	5	$29.3M
72.	Northern Illinois	3	$28.8M
73.	Southern Methodist	12	$28.5M
74.	Eastern Michigan	3	$27.2M
75.	West Virginia	12	$26.7M
76.	Illinois	15	$26.6M
77.	Buffalo	5	$26.5M
78.	Texas-El Paso	5	$26.4M
79.	Florida Atlantic	8	$25.8M
80.	Washington State	8	$24.5M
81.	Wake Forest	11	$24M
82.	Northwestern	8	$23.3M
83.	Western Kentucky	6	$22.5M
84.	Purdue	12	$22.3M
85.	Memphis	13	$20.4M
86.	Arizona State	14	$20.2M
87.	Utah State	8	$20.2M
88.	Indiana	7	$18.7M
89.	Abilene Christian	4	$18.5M
90.	San Diego State	10	$16.8M
91.	Delaware	5	$16.6M
92.	Alabama-Birmingham	5	$16.3M
93.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2	$16.1M
94.	MSU Mankato	1	$16.1M
95.	Yale	2	$15.9M
96.	South Dakota State	2	$15.3M
97.	Colorado State Pueblo	3	$15.3M
98.	Virginia	9	$15.1M
99.	Samford	4	$15M
100.	Louisiana-Lafayette	6	$14.5M
101.	Florida International	3	$14.2M
102.	Arkansas State	4	$14.2M
103.	Stephen F Austin	1	$13.8M
104.	Grand Valley State University	1	$13.6M
105.	Harvard	3	$13.3M
106.	Central Michigan	7	$13.2M
107.	Louisiana Tech	7	$12.4M
108.	Iowa State	8	$12.3M
109.	South Florida	4	$12.1M
110.	Eastern Illinois	2	$11M
111.	Albany	1	$10.3M
112.	Charlotte	3	$10M
113.	Valdosta State (GA)	3	$9.9M
114.	East Carolina	3	$9.8M
115.	Rice	6	$9.8M
116.	Illinois State	2	$9.8M
117.	Weber State	3	$9.6M
118.	Kansas	5	$9.6M
119.	Arizona	6	$9.5M
120.	Georgia Southern	5	$9.1M
121.	Tulsa	4	$8.9M
122.	South Alabama	4	$8.8M
123.	Tulane	7	$8.8M
124.	Humboldt State (CA)	1	$8.8M
125.	San Jose State	4	$8.7M
126.	Manitoba	1	$8.7M
127.	Southern Mississippi	7	$8M
128.	Regina	1	$8M
129.	Northern Iowa	5	$7.6M
130.	Ferris State	4	$7.5M
131.	Old Dominion	6	$7.4M
132.	Texas-San Antonio	5	$7.2M
133.	Fordham	2	$7M
134.	Bloomsburg	1	$7M
135.	Appalachian State	7	$6.5M
136.	Western State College Colorado	1	$6.1M
137.	New Mexico	2	$5.9M
138.	VCU	1	$5.9M
139.	Georgia State	3	$5.8M
140.	San Diego	2	$5.8M
141.	Montana State	5	$5.3M
142.	Villanova	4	$5.2M
143.	Assumption College	2	$5.2M
144.	Marshall	4	$4.9M
145.	Indiana State	2	$4.6M
146.	Idaho	3	$4.5M
147.	Sioux Falls	2	$4.2M
148.	Central Arkansas	3	$4.2M
149.	Missouri Western	3	$4.2M
150.	North Carolina A&T	2	$4.2M
151.	Tennessee-Chattanooga	2	$4.1M
152.	Marist	1	$3.9M
153.	James Madison	3	$3.9M
154.	Troy	1	$3.9M
155.	William & Mary	3	$3.8M
156.	Hawaii	2	$3.8M
157.	Maine	1	$3.8M
158.	Ohio	2	$3.6M
159.	Canisius	1	$3.3M
160.	Massachusetts	3	$3.2M
161.	Western Carolina	1	$3.2M
162.	North Texas	3	$3.1M
163.	Alabama State	1	$3.1M
164.	Lenoir–Rhyne University	2	$3M
165.	Augustana College (SD)	1	$3M
165.	Greenville	1	$3M
165.	Jacksonville State	1	$3M
165.	UW–Platteville	1	$3M
169.	Southern Utah	2	$3M
170.	Wagner	3	$2.9M
171.	South Dakota	2	$2.9M
172.	Coastal Carolina	3	$2.9M
173.	Miami (Ohio)	3	$2.8M
174.	Southeast Missouri State	3	$2.7M
175.	Holy Cross	1	$2.5M
176.	Malone University	1	$2.4M
177.	Ashland University	1	$2.4M
178.	Penn	2	$2.3M
179.	Minnesota State University, Mankato	1	$2.3M
180.	Southern Illinois	2	$2.2M
181.	Missouri State	2	$2.2M
182.	Bemidji State University	1	$2.1M
183.	Western Illinois	2	$1.8M
184.	The Citadel	1	$1.8M
185.	Princeton	2	$1.7M
186.	Army	2	$1.5M
187.	Norfolk State	2	$1.5M
188.	Bowling Green State	2	$1.4M
189.	Liberty	1	$1.3M
190.	California (PA)	1	$1.3M
191.	UW–Whitewater	1	$1.2M
192.	Drake	1	$1.2M
192.	Virginia State	1	$1.2M
194.	Sacramento State	1	$1.1M
195.	Dayton	1	$1.1M
196.	Furman	1	$1.1M
196.	Presbyterian College	1	$1.1M
198.	Fort Hays State	1	$1.1M
199.	Fayetteville State	1	$1.1M
200.	Navy	1	$1.1M
201.	Alcorn State	1	$1.1M
202.	Youngstown State	2	$1.1M
203.	East Central Oklahoma University	1	$1M
203.	Grambling State	1	$1M
205.	Saint John's (MN)	1	$1M
206.	North Dakota	1	$995.9K
207.	Sam Houston State	1	$995.4K
208.	Portland State	1	$990K
209.	Northwest Missouri State	1	$957.9K
210.	Southern	1	$942.3K
211.	Ball State	1	$910.9K
212.	Charleston (WV)	1	$898.7K
213.	Nevada-Las Vegas	1	$895K
213.	Southern Arkansas University	1	$895K
215.	Murray State	1	$876.5K
216.	Texas A&M-Commerce	1	$863.3K
217.	Florida A&M	1	$858.3K
218.	Sacred Heart	1	$855.8K
218.	University of West Florida	1	$855.8K
220.	Idaho State	1	$855K
220.	Pittsburg State	1	$855K
222.	Azusa Pacific	1	$850K
222.	Kutztown University	1	$850K
224.	Duquesne	1	$825K
224.	Minnesota State	1	$825K
224.	Prairie View A&M	1	$825K
227.	Houston Baptist	1	$810.7K
228.	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	1	$808.3K
229.	Texas State	1	$765K
230.	Missouri-Science & Technology	1	$763.3K
231.	Air Force	1	$742.5K
231.	Brown	1	$742.5K
233.	Dubuque	1	$705K
233.	Tusculum College	1	$705K
235.	Tarleton State	1	$702.3K
236.	Northern Colorado	1	$695K
236.	Stetson	1	$695K
238.	Elon	1	$671.7K
239.	Eastern Kentucky	1	$660K
239.	Louisiana-Monroe	1	$660K
241.	Morgan State	1	$648.6K
242.	Cal Poly	1	$9.2K

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