by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Harvard University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Harvard plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Harvard men’s tennis team fields 13 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. The NCAA tracked 41 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Harvard women’s tennis team lists 13 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 40. The most recent cohort included 46 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Harvard fields 26 tennis athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 24 varsity sports Harvard reports, tennis comes in at #16 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Andrew Rueb.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Traci Green.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 24 sports, tennis sits #13 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Harvard men’s tennis program brought in $805,151 in revenue against $805,151 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $21,571 in operating expense per athlete, or $280,418 per team.
The Harvard women’s tennis program generated $775,861 in revenue against $775,861 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $23,869 in operating expense per athlete, or $310,301 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $805,151 to the women’s $775,861 in revenue.
Among the school’s 24 sports, tennis sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 981 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 994, tennis lands below the pack at 988.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.