by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Lacrosse at George Washington University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. GWU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The GWU women’s lacrosse team fields 34 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 97. The most recent cohort included 128 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 16 varsity sports GWU sponsors, lacrosse comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Colleen McCaffrey.
Among the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GWU women’s lacrosse program brought in $1,393,435 in revenue against $1,393,435 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $5,245 in operating expense per athlete, or $178,332 per team.
Against the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse ranks #9 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 993, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 1000.
When GWU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.