by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Northwestern University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Northwestern competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Northwestern men’s basketball team lists 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. Academic data covers 47 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Northwestern women’s basketball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The most recent cohort included 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Northwestern fields 30 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports Northwestern reports, basketball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Chris Collins.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Carla Berube.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Northwestern men’s basketball program reported $14,431,898 in revenue against $14,728,871 in expenses, running a deficit of $296,973. That works out to about $149,131 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,087,840 per team.
The Northwestern women’s basketball program generated $1,646,018 in revenue against $5,852,067 in expenses, a net loss of $4,206,049. This comes to about $61,224 in operating expense per athlete, or $979,576 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $14,431,898 to the women’s $1,646,018 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 998 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 991 and the women 998, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 996, basketball trails the average at 994.
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