by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Gymnastics at Northern Illinois University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. NIU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The NIU women’s gymnastics team lists 20 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The most recent cohort included 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports NIU sponsors, gymnastics comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The women’s gymnastics program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Nita Teague.
Across the school’s 14 sports, gymnastics sits #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 gymnastics program brought in $703,275 in revenue against $703,275 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $6,785 in operating expense per athlete, or $135,702 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, gymnastics sits #10 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s gymnastics team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, gymnastics is on par with the average at 984.
When NIU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.