by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Rowing at University of Kansas, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. KU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The KU women’s rowing team lists 70 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 242. The most recent cohort included 233 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports KU reports, rowing ranks #3 by total roster size.
The women’s rowing program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Andrew Derrick.
Across the school’s 14 sports, rowing ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The KU women’s rowing program brought in $2,570,986 in revenue against $2,570,986 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $6,878 in operating expense per athlete, or $481,446 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, rowing ranks #7 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, rowing sits below average at 988.
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