by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Cross Country at Franciscan University of Steubenville, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Franciscan U plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Presidents’ Athletic Conference.
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The Franciscan U men’s cross country team carries 21 athletes.
The Franciscan U women’s cross country team carries 32 athletes.
Across both rosters, Franciscan U fields 53 cross country athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 32 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Franciscan U sponsors, cross country comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is James Walters.
The women’s cross country program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is James Walters.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 13 sports, cross country sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Franciscan U men’s cross country program brought in $40,294 in revenue against $28,899 in expenses, for a surplus of $11,395. Per athlete, that is about $861 in operating expense per athlete, or $18,082 per team.
The Franciscan U women’s cross country program generated $30,950 in revenue against $28,560 in expenses, for a surplus of $2,390. This comes to about $488 in operating expense per athlete, or $15,621 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $40,294 to the women’s $30,950 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, cross country ranks #7 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Franciscan U 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.