by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at George Mason University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. GMU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The GMU men’s soccer team carries 31 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. Academic data covers 74 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The GMU women’s soccer team carries 33 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 100. Academic data covers 126 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, GMU fields 64 soccer athletes — 31 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports GMU sponsors, soccer ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Rich Costanzo.
The women’s soccer program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Aaron Brunner.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 15 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 GMU men’s soccer program brought in $1,173,011 in revenue against $1,173,011 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $5,231 in operating expense per athlete, or $162,169 per team.
The GMU women’s soccer program generated $1,262,874 in revenue against $1,262,874 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $4,138 in operating expense per athlete, or $136,570 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,173,011 to the women’s $1,262,874 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (953 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 991 and the women 983, with graduation success rates of 91% and 95% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 987, soccer is on par with the average at 987.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.