by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Outdoor Track & Field at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Palm Beach Atlantic plays at the level of NCAA Division II without football as a member of Sunshine State Conference.
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The Palm Beach Atlantic men’s outdoor track & field team fields 18 student athletes.
The Palm Beach Atlantic women’s outdoor track & field team fields 19 athletes.
Across both rosters, Palm Beach Atlantic fields 37 outdoor track & field athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Palm Beach Atlantic sponsors, outdoor track & field ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s outdoor track & field program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time.
The women’s outdoor track & field program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 12 sports, outdoor track & field ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Palm Beach Atlantic men’s outdoor track & field program reported $40,432 in revenue against $40,432 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $1,438 in operating expense per athlete, or $25,883 per team.
The Palm Beach Atlantic women’s outdoor track & field program brought in $38,543 in revenue against $38,543 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $1,263 in operating expense per athlete, or $23,994 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $40,432 to the women’s $38,543 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, outdoor track & field sits #11 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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