by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at Yale University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Yale plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Yale men’s lacrosse team fields 51 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 171. The most recent cohort included 197 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Yale women’s lacrosse team lists 39 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 117. The NCAA tracked 145 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Yale carries 90 lacrosse athletes — 51 on the men’s side and 39 on the women’s.
Among the 22 varsity sports Yale sponsors, lacrosse sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Andrew Shay.
The women’s lacrosse program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Erica Bamford.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 22 sports, lacrosse ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Yale men’s lacrosse program generated $1,673,993 in revenue against $1,673,993 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $6,024 in operating expense per athlete, or $307,205 per team.
The Yale women’s lacrosse program generated $984,709 in revenue against $984,709 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $5,144 in operating expense per athlete, or $200,627 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $1,673,993 to the women’s $984,709 in revenue.
Among the school’s 22 sports, lacrosse ranks #4 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (1000 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 971 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, lacrosse sits below average at 982.
When Yale 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.