University of Notre Dame sports programs brought in $186,702 per athlete in revenue in 2016, meaning its athletes on average generated the most sports revenue of any school in Indiana that year, according to an Indiana Business Daily analysis of U.S. Department of Education data.
The university’s sports programs brought in a total of $132,371,404 in 2016.
The agency's office of postsecondary education collects athletics data annually from all institutions with intercollegiate athletics programs that receive funding through federal financial aid programs. Data for 2016 – the latest year available – includes more than 2,000 schools nationwide.
Indiana’s 41 schools with money-generating sports programs reported $557,877,538 in sports revenue in 2016.
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Indiana college sports revenue
| Rank | School | Total Undergraduates | Sports Total Participation | Total Sports Revenue | Revenue per Athlete |
| 1 | University of Notre Dame | 8,480 | 709 | $132,371,404 | $186,702 |
| 2 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 29,301 | 483 | $84,841,133 | $175,655 |
| 3 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 31,884 | 689 | $104,819,338 | $152,133 |
| 4 | Butler University | 4,171 | 432 | $28,971,821 | $67,064 |
| 5 | Ball State University | 15,018 | 419 | $27,410,832 | $65,420 |
| 6 | University of Evansville | 2,015 | 244 | $11,850,059 | $48,566 |
| 7 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne | 6,335 | 230 | $10,607,866 | $46,121 |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 9,347 | 388 | $16,098,114 | $41,490 |
| 9 | Valparaiso University | 3,196 | 420 | $16,067,732 | $38,257 |
| 10 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 17,287 | 258 | $9,663,859 | $37,457 |
| 11 | Marian University | 1,761 | 301 | $10,485,172 | $34,834 |
| 12 | University of Indianapolis | 3,589 | 604 | $13,559,381 | $22,449 |
| 13 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 2,618 | 275 | $5,978,191 | $21,739 |
| 14 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 1,475 | 433 | $8,938,958 | $20,644 |
| 15 | Holy Cross College | 567 | 82 | $1,552,524 | $18,933 |
| 16 | Purdue University-Calumet Campus | 4,345 | 190 | $3,394,135 | $17,864 |
| 17 | Taylor University | 1,806 | 362 | $6,066,978 | $16,760 |
| 18 | University of Southern Indiana | 6,661 | 281 | $4,673,546 | $16,632 |
| 19 | Oakland City University | 450 | 146 | $2,315,222 | $15,858 |
| 20 | Grace College and Theological
Seminary | 1,483 | 229 | $3,500,867 | $15,288 |
| 21 | Indiana University-East | 1,850 | 121 | $1,841,800 | $15,221 |
| 22 | Vincennes University | 4,701 | 157 | $2,382,418 | $15,175 |
| 23 | Huntington University | 871 | 243 | $3,615,774 | $14,880 |
| 24 | Indiana University-Kokomo | 2,081 | 74 | $980,706 | $13,253 |
| 25 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 489 | 223 | $2,915,119 | $13,072 |
| 26 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 410 | 103 | $1,328,483 | $12,898 |
| 27 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 4,302 | 771 | $9,186,583 | $11,915 |
| 28 | Goshen College | 741 | 231 | $2,485,816 | $10,761 |
| 29 | Indiana University-Southeast | 3,302 | 111 | $1,142,506 | $10,293 |
| 30 | Indiana University-South Bend | 3,779 | 95 | $934,354 | $9,835 |
| 31 | Bethel College-Indiana | 1,124 | 332 | $3,074,028 | $9,259 |
| 32 | Earlham College | 991 | 276 | $2,444,906 | $8,858 |
| 33 | Ancilla College | 466 | 245 | $2,046,642 | $8,354 |
| 34 | DePauw University | 2,178 | 583 | $4,327,059 | $7,422 |
| 35 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 2,171 | 432 | $2,974,827 | $6,886 |
| 36 | Indiana University-Northwest | 2,735 | 71 | $460,479 | $6,486 |
| 37 | Hanover College | 1,080 | 443 | $2,808,193 | $6,339 |
| 38 | Anderson University | 1,590 | 392 | $2,397,802 | $6,117 |
| 39 | Trine University | 1,703 | 582 | $3,215,520 | $5,525 |
| 40 | Franklin College | 958 | 414 | $2,123,502 | $5,129 |
| 41 | Manchester University | 1,247 | 432 | $2,023,889 | $4,685 |