2026 NFL Salaries by College

Overall

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	449	$2.26B
2.	Big Ten	389	$1.95B
3.	ACC	261	$1.21B
4.	Big 12	180	$610.7M
5.	FCS	85	$293.9M
6.	PAC-12	39	$216.9M
7.	Independent	48	$214.1M
8.	AAC	44	$187.8M
9.	MAC	36	$170.7M
10.	Sun Belt	38	$141.3M
11.	MWC	27	$132.9M
12.	C-USA	16	$66.4M
13.	International	2	$5.5M
14.	D-II	0	$0
14.	D-III	0	$0
14.	NAIA	0	$0
14.	Big East	0	$0
14.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Alabama	55	$326.3M
2.	Ohio State	55	$300.7M
3.	LSU	44	$295M
4.	Georgia	52	$273.3M
5.	Oklahoma	31	$242.7M
6.	Oregon	36	$236.7M
7.	Notre Dame	41	$197.2M
8.	Southern Cal	25	$194.2M
9.	Clemson	29	$191.6M
10.	Michigan	39	$181.3M
11.	Iowa	31	$179.4M
12.	Penn State	34	$168M
13.	Miss St	14	$163.8M
14.	Texas A&M	26	$149.9M
15.	Texas	39	$136.1M
16.	Wisconsin	18	$135.6M
17.	FSU	19	$121.3M
18.	Stanford	23	$120.9M
19.	Washington	23	$108.6M
20.	California	15	$104.2M
21.	NC State	16	$100.8M
22.	Florida	36	$99.6M
23.	Miami (FL)	28	$93.4M
24.	Tennessee	20	$93.2M
25.	Minnesota	18	$92M
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Quarterbacks

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	23	$270.5M
2.	ACC	20	$243.2M
3.	Big Ten	17	$155.5M
4.	Big 12	12	$78.2M
5.	MWC	4	$50.8M
6.	PAC-12	2	$41.8M
7.	C-USA	1	$3.3M
8.	Independent	2	$2M
9.	MAC	1	$1.1M
10.	AAC	0	$0
10.	Sun Belt	0	$0
10.	FCS	0	$0
10.	D-II	0	$0
10.	D-III	0	$0
10.	NAIA	0	$0
10.	International	0	$0
10.	Big East	0	$0
10.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Oklahoma	3	$73.2M
2.	Clemson	3	$65.4M
3.	California	2	$60.1M
4.	Oregon	3	$58.8M
5.	Georgia	2	$49.6M
6.	LSU	3	$48.8M
7.	Southern Cal	2	$48.7M
8.	Miss St	1	$44.6M
9.	Wyoming	1	$44.2M
10.	Louisville	2	$36.8M
11.	Utah State	1	$36.1M
12.	Texas Tech	2	$35.6M
13.	Iowa State	1	$23.7M
14.	Alabama	5	$22.5M
15.	Duke	1	$19.2M
16.	UNC	3	$16.8M
17.	Ohio State	3	$15.6M
18.	Miami (FL)	2	$12.5M
19.	Indiana	2	$11.3M
20.	Florida	1	$10.8M
21.	NC State	1	$10.4M
22.	Stanford	2	$9.3M
23.	Auburn	1	$8M
24.	N Dakota St	3	$6.5M
25.	Washington	1	$6.3M
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Running Backs

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	23	$83.6M
2.	Big Ten	25	$71.5M
3.	Big 12	18	$54.6M
4.	ACC	14	$41.2M
5.	AAC	6	$26.8M
6.	Independent	4	$25.4M
7.	MWC	2	$13.2M
8.	PAC-12	3	$10.3M
9.	FCS	6	$10.2M
10.	MAC	1	$2.8M
11.	Sun Belt	2	$2.2M
12.	C-USA	0	$0
12.	D-II	0	$0
12.	D-III	0	$0
12.	NAIA	0	$0
12.	International	0	$0
12.	Big East	0	$0
12.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Notre Dame	4	$25.4M
2.	Wisconsin	3	$20M
3.	Oklahoma St	3	$18.3M
4.	Alabama	4	$17.9M
5.	Iowa State	3	$16.7M
6.	Memphis	2	$16.3M
7.	Texas	4	$15M
8.	Georgia	2	$14.7M
9.	Tennessee	2	$12.6M
10.	Penn State	3	$11.8M
11.	Ohio State	3	$11.1M
12.	Stanford	1	$10.9M
13.	UTEP	1	$10.2M
14.	Oklahoma	2	$9.4M
15.	Boise State	2	$9.2M
16.	UNC	3	$9M
17.	Clemson	2	$6.3M
18.	BYU	2	$6.2M
19.	Georgia Tech	1	$5.8M
20.	Michigan St	1	$5.7M
21.	South Carolina	2	$4.8M
22.	Kentucky	3	$4.4M
23.	Tulane	1	$3.9M
24.	Illinois	1	$3.8M
25.	Syracuse	2	$3.5M
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Receivers

	Name	#	Salary
1.	Big Ten	76	$383.4M
2.	SEC	78	$371.2M
3.	ACC	47	$158.5M
4.	Big 12	32	$82.6M
5.	FCS	20	$72M
6.	PAC-12	9	$59.3M
7.	Independent	10	$34.1M
8.	MWC	4	$30.1M
9.	C-USA	4	$9.9M
10.	Sun Belt	3	$8.2M
11.	MAC	4	$7.1M
12.	AAC	3	$5.6M
13.	D-II	0	$0
13.	D-III	0	$0
13.	NAIA	0	$0
13.	International	0	$0
13.	Big East	0	$0
13.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Ohio State	11	$80.6M
2.	LSU	11	$71.9M
3.	Penn State	8	$66.3M
4.	Southern Cal	6	$59.4M
5.	Alabama	9	$55.3M
6.	Ole Miss	10	$51.9M
7.	Georgia	11	$51.6M
8.	Iowa	6	$42M
9.	Stanford	10	$37.5M
10.	Oklahoma	5	$35.2M
11.	Notre Dame	9	$32.9M
12.	Clemson	4	$29.9M
13.	Fresno St	2	$29.1M
14.	Michigan	7	$28.3M
15.	E Washington	3	$23.3M
16.	Maryland	4	$21.5M
17.	Tennessee	2	$21.3M
18.	Cincinnati	5	$20.8M
19.	Oregon	7	$18.5M
20.	SMU	4	$18.4M
21.	Arkansas	4	$18.3M
22.	Washington	6	$18M
23.	Michigan St	4	$17.4M
24.	Texas	9	$17M
25.	S Dakota St	2	$14.2M
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Offensive Line

	Name	#	Salary
1.	Big Ten	82	$421.5M
2.	SEC	75	$386.8M
3.	ACC	34	$170.3M
4.	Independent	12	$95.6M
5.	Big 12	29	$82.1M
6.	Sun Belt	11	$59.4M
7.	AAC	7	$47.4M
8.	MAC	9	$47.1M
9.	PAC-12	7	$40M
10.	FCS	11	$38.7M
11.	MWC	5	$12.3M
12.	C-USA	2	$3.5M
13.	International	1	$1M
14.	D-II	0	$0
14.	D-III	0	$0
14.	NAIA	0	$0
14.	Big East	0	$0
14.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Oklahoma	8	$97.3M
2.	Notre Dame	9	$87.4M
3.	Iowa	7	$80.5M
4.	Texas A&M	8	$63.8M
5.	Michigan	8	$57M
6.	Oregon	8	$44.2M
7.	LA Lafayette	4	$44.1M
8.	LSU	9	$43.6M
9.	Penn State	8	$40.4M
10.	Northwestern	3	$38.2M
11.	Ohio State	9	$37.9M
12.	Boston College	7	$37.5M
13.	UCLA	6	$37.3M
14.	Georgia	10	$30.4M
15.	Texas	4	$28.5M
16.	Alabama	5	$26.6M
17.	Temple	1	$24.8M
18.	Tennessee	2	$22.6M
19.	NC State	4	$22M
20.	W Michigan	3	$21.3M
21.	Florida	9	$21.2M
22.	Washington	5	$20.1M
23.	Virginia Tech	3	$19.4M
24.	Utah	4	$18.7M
25.	Wisconsin	5	$17.6M
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Defensive Line

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	111	$598.3M
2.	Big Ten	69	$434.3M
3.	ACC	56	$284.6M
4.	Big 12	28	$81.3M
5.	MAC	9	$76.3M
6.	FCS	14	$60.8M
7.	AAC	8	$49M
8.	Sun Belt	5	$33.7M
9.	PAC-12	3	$15.9M
10.	MWC	3	$11.6M
11.	Independent	6	$11.1M
12.	C-USA	1	$6M
13.	International	1	$4.5M
14.	D-II	0	$0
14.	D-III	0	$0
14.	NAIA	0	$0
14.	Big East	0	$0
14.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Alabama	17	$118.1M
2.	Miss St	4	$93.3M
3.	Ohio State	13	$82.4M
4.	Wisconsin	4	$71M
5.	Oregon	7	$69M
6.	Texas A&M	8	$60M
7.	FSU	7	$57.6M
8.	Clemson	9	$52.3M
9.	Southern Cal	4	$50M
10.	Georgia	11	$46.7M
11.	Michigan	11	$45.1M
12.	Miami (FL)	9	$44.4M
13.	NC State	5	$44.4M
14.	Texas	11	$39.7M
15.	Florida	10	$38M
16.	E Michigan	1	$35.8M
17.	Kentucky	4	$29.2M
18.	Buffalo	2	$29M
19.	Ole Miss	8	$28.7M
20.	LA Tech	1	$28.5M
21.	LSU	6	$28.2M
22.	South Carolina	6	$26.7M
23.	Penn State	4	$22.6M
24.	Auburn	5	$22.4M
25.	Texas Tech	6	$22.1M
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Linebackers

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	37	$184.4M
2.	Big Ten	35	$119.6M
3.	Big 12	19	$70.7M
4.	ACC	25	$66.5M
5.	FCS	12	$48M
6.	PAC-12	3	$16.4M
7.	MAC	4	$15.3M
8.	AAC	4	$15M
9.	Sun Belt	5	$12.9M
10.	Independent	2	$6.1M
11.	MWC	3	$3.4M
12.	C-USA	0	$0
12.	D-II	0	$0
12.	D-III	0	$0
12.	NAIA	0	$0
12.	International	0	$0
12.	Big East	0	$0
12.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Georgia	5	$53.1M
2.	LSU	6	$38.5M
3.	Ohio State	6	$31.2M
4.	Missouri	3	$22.8M
5.	South Carolina	4	$21.8M
6.	Wisconsin	4	$20.4M
7.	BYU	2	$18.8M
8.	Utah	4	$17.6M
9.	Yale	1	$17.1M
10.	Washington St	2	$15.2M
11.	Virginia Tech	2	$14.5M
12.	Iowa	5	$14.5M
13.	Minnesota	3	$13.9M
14.	Idaho	2	$13.9M
15.	Auburn	3	$13.8M
16.	Alabama	4	$12.6M
17.	W Michigan	1	$12.3M
18.	NC State	3	$11.6M
19.	Purdue	1	$9.8M
20.	Cincinnati	3	$9.3M
21.	Florida Atl	1	$8.8M
22.	Syracuse	2	$8.1M
23.	TCU	5	$7.9M
24.	Clemson	4	$7.5M
25.	Colorado	1	$7.2M
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Secondary

	Name	#	Salary
1.	Big Ten	70	$337.9M
2.	SEC	74	$312.2M
3.	ACC	52	$214M
4.	Big 12	32	$147.6M
5.	FCS	16	$49.1M
6.	C-USA	8	$43.7M
7.	Independent	8	$32.6M
8.	PAC-12	10	$30.6M
9.	AAC	10	$23.3M
10.	MAC	8	$21.1M
11.	Sun Belt	9	$17.7M
12.	MWC	4	$6.4M
13.	D-II	0	$0
13.	D-III	0	$0
13.	NAIA	0	$0
13.	International	0	$0
13.	Big East	0	$0
13.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Alabama	9	$69.9M
2.	LSU	8	$62.3M
3.	FSU	7	$51.6M
4.	Washington	6	$48.7M
5.	Minnesota	6	$42.6M
6.	Ohio State	8	$39.3M
7.	Oregon	6	$38.2M
8.	Michigan	7	$34.6M
9.	Auburn	7	$34M
10.	MTSU	3	$33.1M
11.	Notre Dame	8	$32.6M
12.	Utah	6	$31.9M
13.	Stanford	4	$31.4M
14.	Wake Forest	4	$28.2M
15.	TCU	4	$25.9M
16.	California	8	$25.8M
17.	Southern Cal	7	$24.8M
18.	Georgia	8	$23.8M
19.	South Carolina	5	$23.4M
20.	Iowa	5	$23.3M
21.	Illinois	4	$23.2M
22.	Tennessee	6	$22.3M
23.	Kansas St	3	$20.4M
24.	Cincinnati	2	$20.2M
25.	Texas	5	$20.1M
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Special Teams

	Name	#	Salary
1.	SEC	28	$48.6M
2.	ACC	13	$31.8M
3.	Big Ten	15	$27.5M
4.	AAC	6	$20.8M
5.	FCS	6	$15.1M
6.	Big 12	10	$13.4M
7.	Independent	4	$7.3M
8.	Sun Belt	3	$7.2M
9.	MWC	2	$5M
10.	PAC-12	2	$2.6M
11.	C-USA	0	$0
11.	MAC	0	$0
11.	D-II	0	$0
11.	D-III	0	$0
11.	NAIA	0	$0
11.	International	0	$0
11.	Big East	0	$0
11.	WAC	0	$0

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	Name	#	Salary
1.	Florida	7	$12.8M
2.	Texas	2	$9.5M
3.	Rice	2	$8.9M
4.	Georgia Tech	1	$7.3M
5.	Notre Dame	4	$7.3M
6.	Marist	1	$7.2M
7.	UCLA	1	$5.8M
8.	Penn State	3	$5.8M
9.	Tulane	2	$5.6M
10.	NC State	1	$5M
11.	Memphis	1	$4.7M
12.	Arizona	2	$4.3M
13.	California	1	$4.1M
14.	Syracuse	2	$4M
15.	Illinois	1	$3.8M
16.	Miss St	2	$3.8M
17.	Hawaii	1	$3.6M
18.	Alabama	2	$3.5M
19.	Iowa	3	$3.4M
20.	Georgia	3	$3.2M
21.	Oklahoma	2	$3.2M
22.	GA Southern	1	$3.1M
23.	Auburn	2	$2.8M
24.	Duke	2	$2.6M
25.	Ohio State	2	$2.5M
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Top Colleges

	College	#	Salary
1.	Alabama	55	$326.3M
2.	Ohio State	55	$300.7M
3.	LSU	44	$295M
4.	Georgia	52	$273.3M
5.	Oklahoma	31	$242.7M
6.	Oregon	36	$236.7M
7.	Notre Dame	41	$197.2M
8.	Southern California	25	$194.2M
9.	Clemson	29	$191.6M
10.	Michigan	39	$181.3M
11.	Iowa	31	$179.4M
12.	Penn State	34	$168M
13.	Mississippi State	14	$163.8M
14.	Texas A&M	26	$149.9M
15.	Texas	39	$136.1M
16.	Wisconsin	18	$135.6M
17.	Florida State	19	$121.3M
18.	Stanford	23	$120.9M
19.	Washington	23	$108.6M
20.	California	15	$104.2M
21.	North Carolina State	16	$100.8M
22.	Florida	36	$99.6M
23.	Miami	28	$93.4M
24.	Tennessee	20	$93.2M
25.	Minnesota	18	$92M
26.	Mississippi	26	$91.7M
27.	South Carolina	24	$91M
28.	Auburn	23	$86.7M
29.	UCLA	19	$83M
30.	Utah	22	$83M
31.	Boston College	15	$74.2M
32.	Texas Tech	15	$73.3M
33.	TCU	22	$66.4M
34.	Kentucky	16	$63.8M
35.	Iowa State	14	$63.7M
36.	Missouri	20	$63.5M
37.	Illinois	21	$60.7M
38.	Wyoming	4	$58.1M
39.	Cincinnati	14	$54.4M
40.	Louisville	13	$54.1M
41.	Arkansas	17	$52.3M
42.	Wake Forest	11	$51.5M
43.	Pittsburgh	14	$49.9M
44.	Louisiana-Lafayette	7	$49M
45.	Boise State	9	$48.4M
46.	Northwestern	5	$47.6M
47.	Virginia Tech	12	$47.5M
48.	Washington State	9	$46.8M
49.	North Carolina	16	$45.6M
50.	Duke	13	$44.3M
51.	Maryland	13	$42.3M
52.	SMU	10	$39.6M
53.	Fresno State	5	$39.5M
54.	BYU	10	$39.1M
55.	Eastern Michigan	2	$39M
56.	Utah State	3	$38.8M
57.	Houston	9	$37.4M
58.	Western Michigan	6	$37.3M
59.	Louisiana Tech	4	$35.9M
60.	Temple	6	$35.7M
61.	Buffalo	6	$35.2M
62.	Kansas State	9	$33.7M
63.	Middle Tennessee State	3	$33.1M
64.	Indiana	17	$32.9M
65.	Oklahoma State	10	$31.6M
66.	North Dakota State	10	$31.6M
67.	Colorado	10	$31.2M
68.	Syracuse	13	$30.8M
69.	Michigan State	12	$30.6M
70.	Florida Atlantic	4	$29.3M
71.	Vanderbilt	6	$26.8M
72.	Memphis	5	$26M
73.	Eastern Washington	4	$25.9M
74.	Arizona	11	$25.1M
75.	Purdue	6	$24.4M
76.	Georgia Tech	10	$24.3M
77.	Tulane	10	$22M
78.	Baylor	9	$21.7M
79.	Oregon State	6	$21.6M
80.	Central Michigan	5	$20.9M
81.	Tulsa	4	$20.6M
82.	West Virginia	8	$20.4M
83.	Charlotte	1	$20.1M
84.	South Dakota State	5	$17.7M
85.	Nebraska	7	$17.2M
86.	Yale	1	$17.1M
87.	Connecticut	7	$16.9M
88.	Weber State	3	$16.7M
89.	Virginia	4	$16.2M
90.	Stephen F Austin	2	$16M
91.	Rutgers	10	$15.8M
92.	Idaho	3	$14.9M
93.	Northern Iowa	4	$14.9M
94.	Albany	1	$14.3M
95.	UCF	6	$14M
96.	Appalachian State	4	$13.7M
97.	Toledo	7	$13.5M
98.	Massachusetts	2	$11.8M
99.	South Carolina State	2	$11.7M
100.	UTEP	2	$11.5M
101.	San Jose State	2	$11.4M
102.	Colorado State	3	$11.3M
103.	Western Kentucky	5	$11M
104.	Nevada	3	$10.9M
105.	Southern Illinois	2	$10.6M
106.	San Diego State	4	$10.5M
107.	Rice	3	$10.4M
108.	East Carolina	3	$10.4M
109.	Arizona State	6	$10.1M
110.	Montana State	3	$9.3M
111.	UW–Whitewater	1	$9.2M
112.	Villanova	1	$7.4M
113.	Bowling Green State	3	$7.2M
114.	Marist	1	$7.2M
115.	Fort Hays State	1	$7.1M
116.	Brown	1	$7M
117.	Troy	4	$7M
118.	Holy Cross	2	$7M
119.	Tennessee-Chattanooga	2	$6.5M
120.	UTSA	2	$6.5M
121.	Sam Houston State	2	$6.4M
122.	Southern Utah	2	$6.1M
123.	Coastal Carolina	1	$6.1M
124.	Florida International	2	$6M
125.	Alabama State	1	$6M
126.	Georgia State	4	$5.9M
127.	Arkansas State	2	$5.9M
128.	Kansas	5	$5.7M
129.	Sioux Falls	2	$5.6M
130.	Harvard	3	$5.4M
131.	South Dakota	4	$5M
132.	Shepherd University	1	$4.8M
133.	Hawaii	2	$4.7M
134.	Central Arkansas	2	$4.6M
135.	Navy	4	$4.6M
136.	South Alabama	2	$4.5M
137.	Manitoba	1	$4.5M
137.	Penn	1	$4.5M
139.	William & Mary	3	$4.1M
140.	Illinois State	2	$4M
141.	Georgia Southern	2	$3.9M
142.	Marshall	3	$3.9M
143.	Florida A&M	2	$3.9M
144.	Virginia State	1	$3.9M
145.	Princeton	1	$3.7M
146.	Liberty	1	$3.7M
147.	Malone University	1	$3.6M
148.	Dayton	1	$3.3M
149.	Delaware	1	$3.3M
150.	Washburn University	1	$3.3M
151.	Southeast Missouri State	2	$3.2M
152.	Tusculum College	1	$3.2M
153.	James Madison	3	$3.2M
154.	Lenoir–Rhyne University	2	$3M
155.	Jacksonville State	2	$2.9M
156.	Miami (Ohio)	2	$2.8M
157.	Maine	1	$2.8M
158.	Western Illinois	1	$2.7M
159.	Murray State	1	$2.6M
160.	Alcorn State	2	$2.4M
161.	Southern Mississippi	2	$2.4M
162.	UC Davis	1	$2.4M
163.	Youngstown State	1	$2.3M
164.	Montana	2	$2.2M
165.	Air Force	2	$2.2M
166.	Drake	1	$2.1M
167.	Cal State Los Angeles	1	$1.9M
168.	Morgan State	2	$1.9M
169.	Northern Arizona	1	$1.7M
170.	Fort Valley State University	1	$1.6M
171.	Azusa Pacific	1	$1.5M
172.	New Mexico	1	$1.5M
173.	VCU	1	$1.5M
174.	Saginaw Valley State University	1	$1.4M
175.	Duquesne	1	$1.3M
176.	Canisius	1	$1.3M
176.	Missouri Western	1	$1.3M
176.	Sacred Heart	1	$1.3M
179.	Wingate University	1	$1.2M
180.	Jackson State	1	$1.2M
181.	Alabama A&M	1	$1.1M
182.	New Hampshire	1	$1.1M
183.	Texas A&M University–Commerce	1	$1.1M
184.	Sacramento State	1	$1.1M
185.	Saint John's (MN)	1	$1.1M
186.	Findlay	1	$1.1M
187.	UAB	1	$1.1M
188.	Barton College	1	$1.1M
189.	Ball State	1	$1.1M
189.	Indiana State	1	$1.1M
191.	East Tennessee State	1	$1M
191.	South Florida	1	$1M
193.	British Columbia	1	$1M
194.	Cal Poly	1	$1M
194.	Tarleton State	1	$1M
196.	UNLV	1	$1M
197.	Delta State University	1	$896.7K
198.	Akron	1	$896.5K
199.	Minnesota State University Moorhead	1	$894.8K
200.	Southern Arkansas University	1	$885K

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