by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Cross Country at Northern Illinois University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NIU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The NIU women’s cross country team carries 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports NIU sponsors, cross country ranks #13 by total roster size.
The women’s cross country program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Juan Carrillo.
Among the school’s 14 sports, cross country ranks #11 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NIU women’s cross country program reported $402,374 in revenue against $402,374 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $9,683 in operating expense per athlete, or $96,828 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, cross country sits #11 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s cross country team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (985 on a multi-year basis). Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 985, cross country comes in above the pack at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.