by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Penn State University Park competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Penn State University Park men’s tennis team fields 12 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 41. The most recent cohort included 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Penn State University Park women’s tennis team fields 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Penn State University Park carries 23 tennis athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 19 varsity sports Penn State University Park reports, tennis comes in at #14 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Bruce Lipka.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Alexandra Anghelescu.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 19 sports, tennis ranks #11 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Penn State University Park men’s tennis program brought in $213,205 in revenue against $835,036 in expenses, a net loss of $621,831. This comes to about $11,386 in operating expense per athlete, or $136,628 per team.
The Penn State University Park women’s tennis program brought in $292,536 in revenue against $973,145 in expenses, coming up short by $680,609. Per athlete, that is about $20,256 in operating expense per athlete, or $222,820 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $213,205 to the women’s $292,536 in revenue.
Among the school’s 19 sports, tennis sits #14 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 83% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, tennis sits above average at 1000.
When Penn State University Park earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.