This page takes a deep look at Fencing at New Jersey Institute of Technology, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NJIT plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of America East Conference.
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The NJIT men’s fencing team lists 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The most recent cohort included 27 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The NJIT women’s fencing team fields 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 22. The NCAA tracked 23 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, NJIT fields 25 fencing athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports NJIT reports, fencing sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s fencing program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 6 part-time. Leading the program is Michael Bindas.
The women’s fencing program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 6 part-time. The head coach is Michael Bindas.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 12 sports, fencing sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NJIT men’s fencing program brought in $286,225 in revenue against $276,436 in expenses, a net profit of $9,789. This comes to about $4,412 in operating expense per athlete, or $61,761 per team.
The NJIT women’s fencing program generated $226,303 in revenue against $223,415 in expenses, a net profit of $2,888. That works out to about $4,926 in operating expense per athlete, or $54,189 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $286,225 to the women’s $226,303 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, fencing ranks #9 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s fencing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 949 (992 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 fencing team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 949 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, fencing sits below average at 974.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.