Does it field a women’s basketball team?
Yes. Saint Cloud State University reported 15 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.
It competes in NCAA Division II and in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. It is one of 9 NCAA DII women's basketball programmes in Minnesota, out of 38 programmes there in total.
The athletics department’s own site is where the current roster and coaching staff are published.
Can it award a basketball scholarship?
NCAA Division II rules permit athletically-related student aid. Division II is an equivalency division, so the permitted aid can be divided across a squad and a partial award is ordinary rather than a disappointment.
Saint Cloud State University reported athletically-related student aid awarded to women in its most recent federal return. The amount is the total across every women’s sport at the institution — basketball, and also volleyball, soccer, track, swimming and the rest. It is not a basketball budget, and it is not what one player receives.
Read alone it is routinely mistaken for a per-player offer. Inside Athlavia it sits next to the squad size, the division's own limits and the published cost, which is the only way it means anything.
It is one of 11 institutions in Minnesota whose return reports athletic aid awarded to women, out of 38 that field women’s basketball at all.
What it costs and what it is like
A published cost is held for 2023-24: tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, insurance and a travel estimate, with the international tuition rate separately where the institution publishes one.
A single yearly total tells a family almost nothing. What decides whether a place is reachable is which line is the big one, and whether the international rate differs — so Athlavia shows the lines, not a headline.
- Type
- Public
- Enrolment
- 4,008
- Selectivity
- Held — free account
- City
- Saint Cloud
- State or region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States
- Campus setting
- city
- Climate
- Not recorded
- International share
- 14%
Degrees recorded here
Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.
- Accounting and Related Services.
- Air Transportation.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Anthropology.
- Area Studies.
- Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
- Biology, General.
- Biotechnology.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- Business/Commerce, General.
- Business/Managerial Economics.
- Chemistry.
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.
- Communication and Media Studies.
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
- Computer Engineering.
- Computer Science.
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Design and Applied Arts.
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.
- Economics.
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.
- Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians.
- English Language and Literature, General.
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.
- Finance and Financial Management Services.
- Fine and Studio Arts.
- Geography and Cartography.
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
- History.
- Hospitality Administration/Management.
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.
- Information Science/Studies.
- Insurance.
- International Business.
- International Relations and National Security Studies.
- International/Globalization Studies.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Management Information Systems and Services.
- Manufacturing Engineering.
- Marketing.
- Mathematics.
- Mechanical Engineering.
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
- Music.
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management.
- Philosophy.
- Physics.
- Political Science and Government.
- Psychology, General.
- Public Health.
- Real Estate.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Science, Technology and Society.
- Social Work.
- Sociology.
- Special Education and Teaching.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.
- Statistics.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
- Urban Studies/Affairs.
How it compares
Across the 293 NCAA DII women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 17 players. Saint Cloud State University lists 15, 2 players below that average. Among the 9 NCAA DII programmes in Minnesota, it has the 4th largest listed squad.
Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.
Where these figures came from
| Field | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad size | 152025-26 | ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball | 12 Aug 2026 | 96% |
| recruitingBand | 38-582025-26 | ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($3,892/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 48). Division is not used as an input. | 12 Aug 2026 | 55% |
| Degrees | 77 undergraduate degrees listed, including Natural Resources Conservation and Research., Area Studies., Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only | 12 Aug 2026 | 90% |
| Tuition | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard fields latest.cost.tuition.in_state and latest.cost.tuition.out_of_state | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| costOfAttendance | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.cost.roomboard.oncampus | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| institutionProfile | held — free account | api.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields latest.admissions.admission_rate.overall, school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien read verbatim | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source. Check it at the source.