by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Baseball at Rice University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Rice competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The Rice men’s baseball team fields 42 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 93. Academic data covers 107 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Rice sponsors, baseball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is David Pierce.
Among the school’s 12 sports, baseball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Rice men’s baseball program generated $3,441,269 in revenue against $3,441,269 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $20,406 in operating expense per athlete, or $857,063 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, baseball lands below the pack at 986.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.