by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Fencing at University of Pennsylvania, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UPenn competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The UPenn men’s fencing team fields 18 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The NCAA tracked 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UPenn women’s fencing team lists 25 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UPenn fields 43 fencing athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 25 on the women’s.
Among the 21 varsity sports UPenn sponsors, fencing comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s fencing program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Andy Ma.
The women’s fencing program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Andy Ma.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 21 sports, fencing ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UPenn men’s fencing program brought in $253,928 in revenue against $253,928 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $4,629 in operating expense per athlete, or $83,327 per team.
The UPenn women’s fencing program generated $232,122 in revenue against $232,122 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $2,522 in operating expense per athlete, or $63,051 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $253,928 to the women’s $232,122 in revenue.
Among the school’s 21 sports, fencing ranks #15 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s fencing team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s fencing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 990 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 94% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, fencing is on par with the average at 995.
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