5 Years In A Row Of Deficits For Duh Gubment School

UCLA athletics brought in just more than $103 million during the 2022 fiscal year, according to the Knight Commission Database. That would rank last among public schools in the new-look Big Ten conference; private institutions like USC and Northwestern don't have to disclose their financial data. Oregon brought in a hair over $50 million more than the Bruins, while Michigan ($210 million) and Ohio State ($251 million) more than doubled UCLA's athletic revenues.

That inability to generate cash has crippled the athletic department. The Bruins posted a $36.6 million deficit for the 2023 fiscal year, according to the Los Angeles Times, and have now had an eight-figure shortfall for five straight years. There's a reason UCLA made the move to the Big Ten — it needed a cash infusion.