by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Lacrosse 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 women’s lacrosse team lists 40 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 134. The most recent cohort included 137 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 16 varsity sports Northwestern reports, lacrosse ranks #4 by total roster size.
The women’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kelly Amonte-Hiller.
Across the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Northwestern women’s lacrosse program brought in $1,600,095 in revenue against $3,031,050 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,430,955. Per athlete, that is about $13,847 in operating expense per athlete, or $553,897 per team.
Against the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse ranks #10 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 996, lacrosse grades out ahead at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.