by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Swimming at Purdue University-Main Campus, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Purdue is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Purdue men’s swimming team carries 38 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 130. The NCAA tracked 131 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Purdue women’s swimming team fields 45 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 124. The NCAA tracked 147 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Purdue fields 83 swimming athletes — 38 on the men’s side and 45 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Purdue sponsors, swimming sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Alex Jerden.
The women’s swimming program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is John Klinge.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 13 sports, swimming ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Purdue men’s swimming program generated $382,095 in revenue against $1,875,914 in expenses, coming up short by $1,493,819. That works out to about $15,444 in operating expense per athlete, or $586,855 per team.
The Purdue women’s swimming program reported $474,895 in revenue against $2,020,340 in expenses, coming up short by $1,545,445. That works out to about $12,855 in operating expense per athlete, or $578,481 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $382,095 to the women’s $474,895 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, swimming ranks #5 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s swimming team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 994 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 96% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, swimming sits above average at 994.
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