by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Soccer at Swarthmore College, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Swarthmore competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Centennial Conference.
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The Swarthmore men’s soccer team fields 27 athletes.
The Swarthmore women’s soccer team carries 31 student athletes.
Combined, Swarthmore fields 58 soccer athletes — 27 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Swarthmore sponsors, soccer sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 6 part-time. The head coach is Eric Wagner.
The women’s soccer program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Todd Anckaitis.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 14 sports, soccer sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Swarthmore men’s soccer program reported $303,934 in revenue against $216,610 in expenses, netting $87,324. This comes to about $3,646 in operating expense per athlete, or $98,453 per team.
The Swarthmore women’s soccer program reported $350,182 in revenue against $249,866 in expenses, netting $100,316. That works out to about $2,818 in operating expense per athlete, or $87,371 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $303,934 to the women’s $350,182 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Swarthmore places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.