by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at University of Pennsylvania, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UPenn is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The UPenn men’s lacrosse team carries 51 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 153. Academic data covers 184 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UPenn women’s lacrosse team carries 29 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 110. The NCAA tracked 125 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UPenn fields 80 lacrosse athletes — 51 on the men’s side and 29 on the women’s.
Of the 21 varsity sports UPenn reports, lacrosse comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Taylor Wray.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Karin Brower Corbett.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 21 sports, lacrosse ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UPenn men’s lacrosse program generated $1,290,629 in revenue against $1,290,629 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $8,365 in operating expense per athlete, or $426,602 per team.
The UPenn women’s lacrosse program brought in $1,130,228 in revenue against $1,130,228 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $10,523 in operating expense per athlete, or $305,174 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,290,629 to the women’s $1,130,228 in revenue.
Against the school’s 21 sports, lacrosse sits #3 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 994, with graduation success rates of 95% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 995, lacrosse sits above average at 997.
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