by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at University of California-Davis, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UC Davis plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UC Davis men’s soccer team carries 29 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 85. Academic data covers 87 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UC Davis women’s soccer team fields 37 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 103. The NCAA tracked 125 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UC Davis carries 66 soccer athletes — 29 on the men’s side and 37 on the women’s.
Of the 19 varsity sports UC Davis reports, soccer ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Dwayne L. Shaffer.
The women’s soccer program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Katherine Mertz.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 19 sports, soccer ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Davis men’s soccer program reported $848,468 in revenue against $848,468 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $5,711 in operating expense per athlete, or $165,614 per team.
The UC Davis women’s soccer program brought in $1,011,428 in revenue against $1,011,428 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $4,961 in operating expense per athlete, or $183,566 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $848,468 to the women’s $1,011,428 in revenue.
Against the school’s 19 sports, soccer ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 990 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 94% and 90% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, soccer comes in above the pack at 992.
When UC Davis earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.