by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at University of Illinois Chicago, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UIC is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The UIC men’s soccer team carries 31 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 70. The NCAA tracked 92 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UIC women’s soccer team carries 30 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 84. Academic data covers 112 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UIC carries 61 soccer athletes — 31 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports UIC reports, soccer ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Sean Phillips.
The women’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is David Nikolic.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 12 sports, soccer ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UIC men’s soccer program reported $1,050,114 in revenue against $1,050,114 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $5,242 in operating expense per athlete, or $162,497 per team.
The UIC women’s soccer program reported $1,051,710 in revenue against $1,051,710 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $5,550 in operating expense per athlete, or $166,509 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,050,114 to the women’s $1,051,710 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, soccer sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 71%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 970 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 71% and 94% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, soccer trails the average at 981.
When UIC 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.