by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Gymnastics at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Penn State University Park is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Penn State University Park men’s gymnastics team fields 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. The NCAA tracked 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Penn State University Park women’s gymnastics team carries 18 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Penn State University Park carries 33 gymnastics athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 18 on the women’s.
Among the 19 varsity sports Penn State University Park sponsors, gymnastics ranks #11 by total roster size.
The men’s gymnastics program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Randy Jepson.
The women’s gymnastics program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Sarah Brown.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 19 sports, gymnastics sits #9 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Penn State University Park men’s gymnastics program brought in $244,392 in revenue against $1,052,628 in expenses, coming up short by $808,236. That works out to about $11,290 in operating expense per athlete, or $169,354 per team.
The Penn State University Park women’s gymnastics program generated $657,458 in revenue against $1,970,856 in expenses, coming up short by $1,313,398. That works out to about $20,195 in operating expense per athlete, or $363,503 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $244,392 to the women’s $657,458 in revenue.
Against the school’s 19 sports, gymnastics ranks #10 by revenue, or about 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s gymnastics team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s gymnastics team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 991 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 93% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, gymnastics comes in above the pack at 996.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.