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The University of Hawaii’s athletic department receives the lowest percentage of subsidies among the nine Big West Conference members, according to data from a survey of Division I schools.
The study by USA Today and Indiana University showed UH athletics was subsidized at a 43.93 percent rate for 2013-14. Every other school in the conference was subsidized at a 63.62 percent rate or higher. Six received subsidies of 75 percent or more.
Most UH teams compete in the Big West. Football is a member of the Mountain West, where UH ranked sixth among 12 schools in percentage of subsidies.
By the study’s accounting, UH receives $18,005,273 in accumulated subsidies. Subsidies include student fees and direct and indirect state and institutional funds, the report said.
UH, Cal Poly and UC Davis are the only schools in the Big West that offer football in the Football Bowl Subdivision or Football Championship Subdivision.
| BIG WEST |
| SCHOOL |
% SUBSIDIZED |
| 1. HAWAII |
43.93 |
| 2. LONG BEACH STATE |
63.62 |
| 3. CAL POLY |
74.06 |
| 4. CAL STATE FULLERTON |
77.56 |
| 5. UC IRVINE |
79.75 |
| 6. UC SANTA BARBARA |
79.85 |
| 7. UC DAVIS |
80.92 |
| 8. CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE |
88.26 |
| 9. UC RIVERSIDE |
89.05 |
| MOUNTAIN WEST |
| SCHOOL |
% SUBSIDIZED |
| 1. BOISE STATE |
25.82 |
| 2. FRESNO STATE |
36.35 |
| 3. NEW MEXICO |
36.52 |
| 4. NEVADA |
39.10 |
| 5. SAN DIEGO STATE |
39.39 |
| 6. HAWAII |
43.93 |
| 7. UNLV |
44.90 |
| 8. WYOMING |
49.78 |
| 9. COLORADO STATE |
51.70 |
| 10 UTAH STATE |
56.37 |
| 11. SAN JOSE STATE |
61.61 |
| 12. AIR FORCE |
66.32 |
| SOURCE: USA TODAY |
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