by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Wrestling at Purdue University-Main Campus, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Purdue is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Purdue men’s wrestling team fields 34 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 90. The most recent cohort included 99 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports Purdue sponsors, wrestling ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Tony Ersland.
Among the school’s 13 sports, wrestling ranks #11 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Purdue men’s wrestling program brought in $332,548 in revenue against $1,858,585 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,526,037. This comes to about $14,391 in operating expense per athlete, or $489,285 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, wrestling sits #11 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s wrestling team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (977 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, wrestling trails the average at 976.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.