by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Fencing at University of California-San Diego, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UCSD plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UCSD men’s fencing team carries 18 athletes. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UCSD women’s fencing team carries 20 athletes. The most recent cohort included 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UCSD carries 38 fencing athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports UCSD reports, fencing comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s fencing program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 5 part-time. At the helm is Juan Calderon.
The women’s fencing program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 1 are full-time and 5 part-time. At the helm is Juan Calderon.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 14 sports, fencing sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UCSD men’s fencing program generated $228,161 in revenue against $228,161 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,423 in operating expense per athlete, or $97,619 per team.
The UCSD women’s fencing program brought in $236,853 in revenue against $236,853 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $4,885 in operating expense per athlete, or $97,708 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $228,161 to the women’s $236,853 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, fencing ranks #12 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s fencing team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%.
The women’s fencing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 83% and 80% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, fencing comes in above the pack at 996.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.