by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Rutgers New Brunswick competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Rutgers New Brunswick men’s soccer team fields 28 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 87. Academic data covers 93 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Rutgers New Brunswick women’s soccer team fields 38 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 95. The most recent cohort included 108 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Rutgers New Brunswick fields 66 soccer athletes — 28 on the men’s side and 38 on the women’s.
Of the 18 varsity sports Rutgers New Brunswick sponsors, soccer comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jim McElderry.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Michael O'Neill.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 18 sports, soccer sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Rutgers New Brunswick men’s soccer program brought in $2,239,058 in revenue against $2,239,058 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $9,565 in operating expense per athlete, or $267,818 per team.
The Rutgers New Brunswick women’s soccer program brought in $2,661,648 in revenue against $2,661,648 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $10,103 in operating expense per athlete, or $383,915 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,239,058 to the women’s $2,661,648 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, soccer sits #4 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 986 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 94% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, soccer comes in above the pack at 993.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.