by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Cross Country at Vassar College, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Vassar plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Liberty League.
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The Vassar men’s cross country team lists 17 student athletes.
The Vassar women’s cross country team lists 21 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Vassar fields 38 cross country athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports Vassar sponsors, cross country comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is James McCowan.
The women’s cross country program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is James McCowan.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 16 sports, cross country ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Vassar men’s cross country program reported $79,125 in revenue against $76,897 in expenses, a net profit of $2,228. This comes to about $1,716 in operating expense per athlete, or $29,174 per team.
The Vassar women’s cross country program reported $88,727 in revenue against $86,499 in expenses, for a surplus of $2,228. That works out to about $1,837 in operating expense per athlete, or $38,576 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $79,125 to the women’s $88,727 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, cross country ranks #10 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Vassar places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.