by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Volleyball at University of Kansas — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. KU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The KU women’s volleyball team fields 19 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The NCAA tracked 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports KU reports, volleyball sits at #10 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Matt Ulmer.
Among the school’s 14 sports, volleyball sits #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 volleyball program brought in $2,581,006 in revenue against $2,581,006 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $29,146 in operating expense per athlete, or $553,772 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, volleyball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, volleyball sits above average at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.