by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Fencing at Duke University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Duke competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Duke men’s fencing team lists 22 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 84. The most recent cohort included 43 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Duke women’s fencing team lists 20 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Duke carries 42 fencing athletes — 22 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Duke sponsors, fencing comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s fencing program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. At the helm is Omar Elgeziry.
The women’s fencing program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. At the helm is Omar Elgeziry.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 18 sports, fencing ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Duke men’s fencing program reported $117,493 in revenue against $637,819 in expenses, coming up short by $520,326. That works out to about $4,373 in operating expense per athlete, or $96,208 per team.
The Duke women’s fencing program brought in $1,053,223 in revenue against $1,077,210 in expenses, a net loss of $23,987. Per athlete, that is about $4,897 in operating expense per athlete, or $97,930 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $117,493 to the women’s $1,053,223 in revenue.
Against the school’s 18 sports, fencing sits #14 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s fencing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s fencing team earned 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.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 988 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, fencing trails the average at 994.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.