by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Rowing at Robert Morris University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. RMU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Horizon League.
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The RMU women’s rowing team carries 29 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 98. The NCAA tracked 90 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports RMU sponsors, rowing comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s rowing program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Robert Weber.
Among the school’s 12 sports, rowing ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The RMU women’s rowing program generated $557,796 in revenue against $557,796 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,238 in operating expense per athlete, or $64,890 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, rowing ranks #9 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 983, rowing lands below the pack at 976.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.