by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at Marquette University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Marquette is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Marquette men’s lacrosse team carries 53 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 113. The NCAA tracked 203 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Marquette women’s lacrosse team carries 40 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 125. The most recent cohort included 147 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Marquette fields 93 lacrosse athletes — 53 on the men’s side and 40 on the women’s.
Among the 9 varsity sports Marquette reports, lacrosse ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jake Richard.
The women’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Meredith Black.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 9 sports, lacrosse ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Marquette men’s lacrosse program brought in $2,275,429 in revenue against $2,275,429 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $12,693 in operating expense per athlete, or $672,752 per team.
The Marquette women’s lacrosse program brought in $1,596,394 in revenue against $1,596,394 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $9,620 in operating expense per athlete, or $384,792 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $2,275,429 to the women’s $1,596,394 in revenue.
Among the school’s 9 sports, lacrosse ranks #2 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (986 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 lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 992 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 996, lacrosse sits below average at 992.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.