by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Northwestern University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Northwestern is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Northwestern men’s tennis team fields 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 31. The NCAA tracked 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Northwestern women’s tennis team lists 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The NCAA tracked 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Northwestern carries 21 tennis athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports Northwestern reports, tennis sits at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Arvid Swan.
The women’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Claire Pollard.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 16 sports, tennis ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Northwestern men’s tennis program generated $684,487 in revenue against $1,101,289 in expenses, a net loss of $416,802. Per athlete, that is about $20,336 in operating expense per athlete, or $223,701 per team.
The Northwestern women’s tennis program reported $965,993 in revenue against $1,578,666 in expenses, coming up short by $612,673. That works out to about $20,789 in operating expense per athlete, or $207,890 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $684,487 to the women’s $965,993 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, tennis sits #8 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 996, tennis grades out ahead at 1000.
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