by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Baseball at Northern Illinois University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NIU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The NIU men’s baseball team carries 40 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 114. The most recent cohort included 115 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports NIU sponsors, baseball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Ryan Copeland.
Among the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NIU men’s baseball program generated $1,024,781 in revenue against $1,018,781 in expenses, netting $6,000. Per athlete, that is about $7,908 in operating expense per athlete, or $316,309 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #6 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 977 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 81%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, baseball sits below average at 977.
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