by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at Northwestern University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Northwestern competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Northwestern men’s baseball team lists 39 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 90. Academic data covers 105 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 16 varsity sports Northwestern sponsors, baseball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Benjamin Greenspan.
Across the school’s 16 sports, baseball ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Northwestern men’s baseball program brought in $2,373,103 in revenue against $3,158,090 in expenses, coming up short by $784,987. Per athlete, that is about $19,446 in operating expense per athlete, or $758,405 per team.
Among the school’s 16 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 996, baseball comes in above the pack at 997.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.