by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Columbia University in the City of New York, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Columbia competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Columbia men’s tennis team lists 12 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. The most recent cohort included 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Columbia women’s tennis team carries 11 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 38. The NCAA tracked 43 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Columbia carries 23 tennis athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 21 varsity sports Columbia sponsors, tennis sits at #13 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Howard Endelman.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Ilene Weintraub.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 21 sports, tennis ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Columbia men’s tennis program brought in $748,280 in revenue against $748,280 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $22,429 in operating expense per athlete, or $269,150 per team.
The Columbia women’s tennis program generated $614,000 in revenue against $614,000 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $21,695 in operating expense per athlete, or $238,648 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $748,280 to the women’s $614,000 in revenue.
Among the school’s 21 sports, tennis ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted 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.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 998, tennis comes in above the pack at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.