by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Soccer at University of Wisconsin-Madison, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UW - Madison competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UW - Madison men’s soccer team fields 27 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 69. The NCAA tracked 89 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UW - Madison women’s soccer team lists 35 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 112. Academic data covers 97 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UW - Madison fields 62 soccer athletes — 27 on the men’s side and 35 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports UW - Madison sponsors, soccer comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Neil Jones.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Paula Wilkins.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 15 sports, soccer sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UW - Madison men’s soccer program brought in $776,696 in revenue against $2,349,665 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,572,969. This comes to about $8,738 in operating expense per athlete, or $235,933 per team.
The UW - Madison women’s soccer program reported $765,174 in revenue against $2,575,091 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,809,917. That works out to about $7,154 in operating expense per athlete, or $250,380 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $776,696 to the women’s $765,174 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, soccer sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 974 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 974 and the women 997, with graduation success rates of 80% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, soccer lands below the pack at 986.
When UW - Madison 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.