In order to fund a $76.6 million budget, the Rutgers athletics department was subsidized $36.3 million for the fiscal year 2014, according the institution's financial report filed to the NCAA.

In addition to receiving $10.3 million in student fees, the Rutgers athletics department received just over $26 million from the university's general fund.

The report, obtained by NJ Advance Media through an open-records request, shows a significant drop from last year's record-high $47 million in subsidies, which school officials attributed to the costs tied to a string of severances and legal fees tied to the men's basketball controversy and buyouts to escape the Big East/American Athletic Conference to enter the Big Ten.

This year's subsidy exceeds the $27.9 million that the Rutgers athletics department received to support its $64 million athletics budget in 2012.

Notable expenditures in 2014 include:

• $10.6 million in athletic student aid, a $200,000 increase from 2013;

• $10.4 million in coaching salaries, which is on par from last year;

• $5.8 million in travel, a $700,000 increase from 2013;

• $6.5 million in conference membership dues, which is the second half of the $11.5 million buyout Rutgers paid to the Big East/American Athletic Conference as its withdrawal fee (the school paid $5 million of that fee in 2013).

Notable revenue figures in 2014 include:

• $7.6 million in marketing, sponsorship and licensing distributions, which is a $5.6 million increase from 2013. That's due to a signing bonus Rutgers received as part of an 11-year, $65 million multirights pact signed with IMG College to handle the school's athletics marketing in July 2013.

• $9.2 million in NCAA/conference revenue;

• $8.1 million in contributions, a $2 million increase from a figure in 2013 but a $900,000 drop from the $9 milllion Rutgers received in athletics fundraising revenue in 2012;

"Obviously we had a dip in fundraising because of all the turmoil we had in 2013,'' said Janine Purcaro, chief financial officer for Rutgers athletics. "But all of that is in the rear view mirror and we're really gratified about the renewed support that we have been receiving from our donors, friends and alumni as we transition into the Big Ten. So we expect that number to continue to climb.''

In 2013, Rutgers paid out slightly more than $2.2 million in severance payments as a result of the men's basketball controversy and the fallout that included the forced resignation of athletics director Tim Pernetti. In 2014, Rutgers didn't have any severance payments on its athletics ledger.

Rutgers' $76,656,339 athletics budget makes up 2 percent of the university's $3.3 billion overall operational budget.

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