by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you’re a student athlete thinking about going to Northern Illinois University be sure to check out the facts on this page about the athletics program as a whole as well as the information about the particular sport you are interested in.
NIU is in the Mid-American Conference conference and faces off against other NCAA Division I-FBS schools.
A total number of 437 student athletes participate in varsity sports at the school, 248 of whom are male and 189 are female. On average, these students receive around $15,384 in sports-related student aid, which can help defray a lot of college costs. On average, the school gave males around $16,034 of sports aid and women received about $14,531.
The sports at NIU are led by 16 head coaches, 7 of whom coach male teams and 9 of whom spearhead women’s teams. Women’s team head coaches make an average of $109,043 and men’s team head coaches make about $209,066 each year.
The head coaches of NIU sports are supported by 14 assistant coaches of women’s teams and 21 assistant coaches of men’s teams. The average salary is $95,513 a year for assistant coaches of men’s teams and $39,641 for assistant coaches of women’s teams. Note, the individual salary of coaches is often dependent on the team they coach.
The sports teams at NIU brought home $21,413,044 in revenue while shelling out $21,413,044 in expenses. Although the school didn’t make any money, it didn’t lose any either!
Likewise, money made for women’s athletics can vary quite a bit by sport. Here’s what the comparison looks like for women’s sports at NIU.
Below we give a summary of the data we have for each sport at NIU, including rankings when the school made it to one of our Best Schools for a Sport lists. College Factual’s sports rankings are a little different than the other ones you’ll find on the Internet, since our analyses take both athletics and academics into account. We believe it’s important to get a great education, whether you participate in sports or not.
There are 33 players on the NIU men’s baseball team, and they are led by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 975.
NIU brought in $808,694 in revenue from its baseball program while paying out $808,694 in expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The 14-player men’s basketball team at NIU is kept in shape by one head coach and 3 assistant coaches. The team has an academic progress rate of 951, which is a measure of how well they do in the classroom.
In terms of financials, the NIU men’s basketball program paid out $1,751,926 in expenses and made $1,751,926 in total revenue. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
There are 14 players on the NIU women’s basketball team, and they are led by one head coach and 3 assistant coaches. The team members have more than basketball on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 991.
NIU brought in $1,238,310 in revenue from its women’s basketball program while paying out $1,238,310 in expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
There are 117 players on the NIU men’s football team, and they are led by one head coach and 10 assistant coaches. As an interesting note on their academic performance, the team’s APR is 962.
The NIU football program paid out $7,600,688 in expenses while making $7,600,688 in total revenue. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The head coach and assistant coach train and lead the 11 players of the NIU men’s golf team. The team members have more than golf on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 994.
In terms of financials, the NIU men’s golf program paid out $411,575 in expenses and made $411,575 in total revenue. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 10-member women’s golf team at NIU is kept in shape by one head coach and one assistant coach. With an excellent academic progress rate of 993, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
On the money side of things, the NIU women’s golf program brought home $433,342 in revenue and paid out $433,342 in total expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The 21-member women’s gymnastics team at NIU is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. With a perfect academic progress rate of 1000. the tea, has shown that they take their studies seriously, too.
On the money side of things, the NIU women’s gymnastics program brought home $621,837 in revenue and paid out $621,837 in total expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The 28 players of the NIU men’s soccer team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 993.
The men’s soccer program at NIU made $657,600 in revenue and spent $657,600 in expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
There are 31 players on the NIU women’s soccer team, and they are led by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 995, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
On the money side of things, the NIU women’s soccer program brought home $598,768 in revenue and paid out $598,768 in total expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The 20-player women’s softball team at NIU is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 992.
NIU brought in $697,064 in revenue from its women’s softball program while paying out $697,064 in expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The head coach and assistant coach train and lead the 9 players of the NIU men’s tennis team. With an excellent academic progress rate of 1000, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
NIU brought in $366,405 in revenue from its men’s tennis program while paying out $366,405 in expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The 11 players of the NIU women’s tennis team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach. With an excellent academic progress rate of 980, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
NIU brought in $512,382 in revenue from its women’s tennis program while paying out $512,382 in expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The 67-player women’s track and field team at NIU is kept in shape by 2 head coaches and 1 assistant coaches. The 67 players of the NIU women’s track and field team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach.
The NIU women’s track and field program paid out $884,066 in expenses while making $884,066 in total revenue. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The NIU women’s volleyball team is made up of 15 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. The team has an excellent academic progress rate of 1000 - proof that they don’t ignore the importance of getting a good education.
On the money side of things, the NIU women’s volleyball program brought home $697,455 in revenue and paid out $697,455 in total expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The 36-player men’s wrestling team at NIU is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. As an interesting note on their academic performance, the team’s APR is 963.
On the money side of things, the NIU wrestling program brought home $515,325 in revenue and paid out $515,325 in total expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
In case you’re wondering why certain sports that Northern Illinois University offers aren’t listed above, it’s because we have no data on those sports.
U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA)
The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
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