by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Soccer at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. FDU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Northeast Conference.
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The FDU men’s soccer team fields 36 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 61. The most recent cohort included 80 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The FDU women’s soccer team fields 31 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 88. Academic data covers 76 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, FDU carries 67 soccer athletes — 36 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports FDU sponsors, soccer sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Jaymee Highcock.
The women’s soccer program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Eric Teepe.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FDU men’s soccer program brought in $741,614 in revenue against $741,614 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $2,570 in operating expense per athlete, or $92,519 per team.
The FDU women’s soccer program reported $890,200 in revenue against $890,200 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $2,627 in operating expense per athlete, or $81,432 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $741,614 to the women’s $890,200 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 980 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, soccer sits below average at 986.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.