by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you’re a student athlete thinking about going to Northern Kentucky University be sure to check out the facts on this page about the athletics program as a whole as well as the information about the particular sport you are interested in.
NKU is in the Not applicable conference and faces off against other NCAA Division I without football schools.
A total number of 299 student athletes participate in varsity sports at the school, 140 of whom are male and 159 are female. They receive, on average, about $10,242 in sports-related student aid to attend NKU. On average, the school gave males around $8,438 of sports aid and women received about $11,831.
Of the 13 head coaches at NKU, 6 are leaders of men’s teams and 7 lead women’s teams. The head coaches of men’s teams make about $142,786 on average, and the yearly average salary of women’s team head coaches is $80,438.
The head coaches of NKU sports are supported by 12 assistant coaches of women’s teams and 10 assistant coaches of men’s teams. The annual average salary for those who coach women’s teams is $44,639 and the average for those who coach men’s is $62,571. Note, the individual salary of coaches is often dependent on the team they coach.
NKU sports teams made $13,068,962 in revenue, but they did have to spend $13,068,962 for expenses. That’s not a profit, but then again, it’s not a loss either.
Likewise, money made for women’s athletics can vary quite a bit by sport. Here’s what the comparison looks like for women’s sports at NKU.
In addition to giving other data about the sports below, we try to include each sport’s ranking on our Best Schools for a Sport lists when one exists. College Factual’s sports rankings are a little different than the other ones you’ll find on the Internet, since our analyses take both athletics and academics into account. Because, after all, there is life after college sports, and a good education will make it easier to succeed in that life.
The 32 players of the NKU men’s baseball team are led by a head coach and 3 assistant coaches. The team members have more than baseball on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 991.
NKU brought in $929,282 in revenue from its baseball program while paying out $929,282 in expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The NKU men’s basketball team is made up of 15 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 3 assistant coaches. In terms of how well they perform in the classroom, the team has an academic progress rate of 964.
On the money side of things, the NKU men’s basketball program brought home $2,397,336 in revenue and paid out $2,397,336 in total expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The NKU women’s basketball team is made up of 16 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 3 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 990, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
In terms of financials, the NKU women’s basketball program paid out $1,427,151 in expenses and made $1,427,151 in total revenue. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The NKU men’s golf team is made up of 11 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 1000.
The NKU men’s golf program paid out $273,489 in expenses while making $273,489 in total revenue. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
There are 9 players on the NKU women’s golf team, and they are led by one head coach and one assistant coach. The team members have more than golf on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 993.
The NKU women’s golf program paid out $310,976 in expenses while making $310,976 in total revenue. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The NKU men’s soccer team is made up of 26 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. The team has an academic progress rate of 957, which is a measure of how well they do in the classroom.
The NKU men’s soccer program paid out $703,975 in expenses while making $703,975 in total revenue. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The 28-player women’s soccer team at NKU is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 995.
In terms of financials, the NKU women’s soccer program paid out $742,545 in expenses and made $742,545 in total revenue. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 22-player women’s softball team at NKU is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 990, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
NKU brought in $1,169,188 in revenue from its women’s softball program while paying out $1,169,188 in expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 7-member men’s tennis team at NKU is kept in shape by one head coach and one assistant coach. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 972.
On the money side of things, the NKU men’s tennis program brought home $174,380 in revenue and paid out $174,380 in total expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The NKU women’s tennis team is made up of 6 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and an assistant coach. With an excellent academic progress rate of 1000, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
On the money side of things, the NKU women’s tennis program brought home $210,086 in revenue and paid out $210,086 in total expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 49 players of the NKU men’s track and field team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach.
The NKU men’s track and field program paid out $200,618 in expenses while making $200,618 in total revenue. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The 63 players of the NKU women’s track and field team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches.
In terms of financials, the NKU women’s track and field program paid out $512,344 in expenses and made $512,344 in total revenue. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The head coach and 2 assistant coaches train and lead the 15 players of the NKU women’s volleyball team. The team has an excellent academic progress rate of 989 - proof that they don’t ignore the importance of getting a good education.
The women’s volleyball program at NKU made $630,501 in revenue and spent $630,501 in expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
Note that if we don’t have data on a particular sport, it won’t be listed in the section above.
U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA)
The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
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