by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Swimming at Ohio State University-Main Campus, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Ohio State competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Ohio State men’s swimming team carries 39 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 125. Academic data covers 144 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Ohio State women’s swimming team fields 39 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 145. The most recent cohort included 145 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Ohio State carries 78 swimming athletes — 39 on the men’s side and 39 on the women’s.
Among the 23 varsity sports Ohio State sponsors, swimming comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Bill Dorenkott.
The women’s swimming program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 1 are full-time and 5 part-time. The head coach is Bill Dorenkott.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 23 sports, swimming ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ohio State men’s swimming program generated $2,743,978 in revenue against $2,743,978 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $14,414 in operating expense per athlete, or $562,157 per team.
The Ohio State women’s swimming program reported $3,026,555 in revenue against $3,026,555 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $13,526 in operating expense per athlete, or $527,511 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $2,743,978 to the women’s $3,026,555 in revenue.
Among the school’s 23 sports, swimming sits #4 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s swimming team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 97%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 978 and the women 982, with graduation success rates of 86% and 97% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, swimming trails the average at 980.
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