by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Soccer at Howard University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Howard plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf..
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The Howard men’s soccer team fields 32 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 72. Academic data covers 83 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Howard women’s soccer team fields 33 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 85. Academic data covers 104 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Howard carries 65 soccer athletes — 32 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Howard sponsors, soccer ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Phillip Gyau.
The women’s soccer program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Brent Leiba.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, soccer sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Howard men’s soccer program generated $511,385 in revenue against $511,385 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $859 in operating expense per athlete, or $27,478 per team.
The Howard women’s soccer program brought in $948,111 in revenue against $982,325 in expenses, coming up short by $34,214. Per athlete, that is about $961 in operating expense per athlete, or $31,699 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $511,385 to the women’s $948,111 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, soccer sits #4 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (977 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 951 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 83% and 82% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 970, soccer is on par with the average at 970.
When Howard earns a spot on a 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.