by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at Dartmouth College, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Dartmouth plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Dartmouth men’s lacrosse team fields 45 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 132. The most recent cohort included 151 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Dartmouth women’s lacrosse team fields 30 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 126. Academic data covers 120 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Dartmouth carries 75 lacrosse athletes — 45 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 22 varsity sports Dartmouth sponsors, lacrosse comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Sean Kirwan.
The women’s lacrosse program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Alex McFadden.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 22 sports, lacrosse ranks #9 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Dartmouth men’s lacrosse program brought in $830,353 in revenue against $830,353 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $4,796 in operating expense per athlete, or $215,826 per team.
The Dartmouth women’s lacrosse program brought in $739,869 in revenue against $739,869 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $7,451 in operating expense per athlete, or $223,523 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $830,353 to the women’s $739,869 in revenue.
Among the school’s 22 sports, lacrosse ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 98%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 991 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 98% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 995, lacrosse lands below the pack at 992.
If Dartmouth places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.