by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Rowing at Boston University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Boston U plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Patriot League.
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The Boston U men’s rowing team fields 44 student athletes.
The Boston U women’s rowing team lists 85 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 141. Academic data covers 146 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Boston U fields 129 rowing athletes — 44 on the men’s side and 85 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Boston U sponsors, rowing comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Tom Bohrer.
The women’s rowing program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Malcolm Doldron.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 14 sports, rowing sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Boston U men’s rowing program brought in $2,405,293 in revenue against $2,405,293 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $7,006 in operating expense per athlete, or $308,273 per team.
The Boston U women’s rowing program reported $2,789,791 in revenue against $2,789,791 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,579 in operating expense per athlete, or $474,230 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $2,405,293 to the women’s $2,789,791 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, rowing ranks #3 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, rowing lands below the pack at 993.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.