This page takes a deep look at Volleyball at Yale University — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Yale competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Yale women’s volleyball team fields 19 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 66. The most recent cohort included 73 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 22 varsity sports Yale sponsors, volleyball sits at #17 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Erin Appleman.
Across the school’s 22 sports, volleyball sits #13 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Yale women’s volleyball program reported $822,677 in revenue against $822,677 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $6,749 in operating expense per athlete, or $128,230 per team.
Against the school’s 22 sports, volleyball ranks #13 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, volleyball sits above average at 1000.
When Yale 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.