In order to fund a $70.5 million budget, the Rutgers athletics department was subsidized $23.8 million for the fiscal year 2015, according to the university's financial report filed to the NCAA.
It marks a 34.5 percent decrease from the $36.3 million that Rutgers received in university, student-fee and government support in 2014. It also marks a 49.3 percent decrease from the record-high $46.9 million in subsidies that Rutgers athletics drew in 2013.
The report, obtained by NJ Advance Media on Tuesday, reflects Rutgers' first full year of membership in the Big Ten Conference (July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015).