by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Columbia University in the City of New York, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Columbia is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Columbia men’s basketball team lists 18 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 64. The most recent cohort included 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Columbia women’s basketball team carries 13 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. The NCAA tracked 45 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Columbia fields 31 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 21 varsity sports Columbia sponsors, basketball ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Kevin Hovde.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Megan Griffith.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 21 sports, basketball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Columbia men’s basketball program brought in $2,169,578 in revenue against $2,169,578 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $20,600 in operating expense per athlete, or $370,801 per team.
The Columbia women’s basketball program reported $2,752,810 in revenue against $2,752,810 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $57,184 in operating expense per athlete, or $743,389 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $2,169,578 to the women’s $2,752,810 in revenue.
Against the school’s 21 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 998, basketball grades out ahead at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.