Here we dig into Golf at Princeton University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Princeton plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Princeton men’s golf team fields 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The NCAA tracked 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Princeton women’s golf team carries 7 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Princeton fields 16 golf athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 7 on the women’s.
Of the 22 varsity sports Princeton reports, golf ranks #19 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Will Green.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Erika DeSanty.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 22 sports, golf ranks #14 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Princeton men’s golf program generated $484,837 in revenue against $484,837 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $24,146 in operating expense per athlete, or $217,312 per team.
The Princeton women’s golf program generated $411,281 in revenue against $411,281 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $28,233 in operating expense per athlete, or $197,629 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $484,837 to the women’s $411,281 in revenue.
Among the school’s 22 sports, golf sits #17 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% 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.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 994, golf grades out ahead at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.