by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of Iowa, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Iowa plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Iowa men’s basketball team carries 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Iowa women’s basketball team lists 29 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The most recent cohort included 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Iowa fields 46 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 29 on the women’s.
Among the 17 varsity sports Iowa reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Ben McCollum.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jan Jensen.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 17 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Iowa men’s basketball program brought in $16,702,408 in revenue against $13,292,250 in expenses, a net profit of $3,410,158. Per athlete, that is about $131,829 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,241,089 per team.
The Iowa women’s basketball program generated $4,779,406 in revenue against $8,482,645 in expenses, running a deficit of $3,703,239. This comes to about $79,204 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,296,907 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $16,702,408 to the women’s $4,779,406 in revenue.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 994 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 88% and 93% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, basketball comes in above the pack at 997.
When Iowa 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.