by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you’re a student athlete thinking about going to Western Michigan 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.
As a proud member of the Mid-American Conference conference, WMU contends with other NCAA Division I-FBS schools.
There are 467 athletes who take part in at least one sport at the school, 239 men and 228 women. Sports-related student aid is available at WMU and the average award is around $15,678 per athlete. Looking at the difference between men and women, males received an average of about $19,770 and women received an average of $11,388.
There are 14 head coaches at WMU, 6 of whom lead men’s teams and 8 of whom head up women’s teams. The average salary of the men’s team head coaches is $362,668, while the head coaches of women’s team make, on average, $129,503 per year.
There are also 38 assitant coaches of sports at WMU. That breaks down to 24 assistant coaches of men’s teams and 14 assistant coaches of women’s teams. The average salary is $84,954 a year for assistant coaches of men’s teams and $46,086 for assistant coaches of women’s teams. Note, the individual salary of coaches is often dependent on the team they coach.
In terms of financials, WMU collected $34,422,529 in revenue and paid out $34,422,529 in expenses. Although the school didn’t make any money, it didn’t lose any 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 WMU.
Below we give a summary of the data we have for each sport at WMU, including rankings when the school made it to one of our Best Schools for a Sport lists. 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 WMU men’s baseball team is made up of 31 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 986, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
The baseball program at WMU made $822,966 in revenue and spend $822,966 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 14-player men’s basketball team at WMU is kept in shape by one head coach and 3 assistant coaches. Teammates care for more than basketball, too. Their great academic progress rate of 976 is a sign that they spend ample time on their studies as well.
On the money side of things, the WMU men’s basketball program brought home $1,577,116 in revenue and paid out $1,577,116 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 WMU women’s basketball team is made up of 17 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 3 assistant coaches. Teammates care for more than basketball, too. Their great academic progress rate of 985 is a sign that they spend ample time on their studies as well.
The women’s basketball program at WMU made $1,422,848 in revenue and spent $1,422,848 in 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 WMU men’s football team is made up of 114 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 14 assistant coaches. The team has an academic progress rate of 948, which is a measure of how well they do in the classroom.
WMU brought in $9,257,648 in revenue from its football program while paying out $9,257,648 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 head coach and assistant coach train and lead the 9 players of the WMU women’s golf team. With an excellent academic progress rate of 981, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
On the money side of things, the WMU women’s golf program brought home $351,048 in revenue and paid out $351,048 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 WMU women’s gymnastics team is made up of 22 members who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. The team members have more than gymnastics on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 995.
On the money side of things, the WMU women’s gymnastics program brought home $699,660 in revenue and paid out $699,660 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 33-player men’s ice hockey team at WMU is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In terms of how well they perform in the classroom, the team has an academic progress rate of 958.
The men’s ice hockey program at WMU made $2,170,025 in revenue and spent $2,170,025 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 37 players of the WMU men’s soccer team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. As an interesting note on their academic performance, the team’s APR is 966.
On the money side of things, the WMU men’s soccer program brought home $723,665 in revenue and paid out $723,665 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.
There are 32 players on the WMU women’s soccer team, and they are led by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. Teammates care for more than soccer, too. Their great academic progress rate of 995 is a sign that they spend ample time on their studies as well.
The women’s soccer program at WMU made $839,538 in revenue and spent $839,538 in 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 head coach and 2 assistant coaches train and lead the 32 players of the WMU women’s softball team. 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 986.
WMU brought in $704,141 in revenue from its women’s softball program while paying out $704,141 in 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 10-member men’s tennis team at WMU is kept in shape by one head coach and one assistant coach. The team members have more than tennis on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 994.
The WMU men’s tennis program paid out $351,812 in expenses while making $351,812 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 head coach and assistant coach train and lead the 12 players of the WMU women’s tennis team. Teammates care for more than tennis, too. Their great academic progress rate of 985 is a sign that they spend ample time on their studies as well.
The women’s tennis program at WMU made $447,968 in revenue and spent $447,968 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 85 players of the WMU women’s track and field team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches.
On the money side of things, the WMU women’s track and field program brought home $797,426 in revenue and paid out $797,426 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 head coach and 2 assistant coaches train and lead the 19 players of the WMU women’s volleyball team. The team members have more than volleyball on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 976.
On the money side of things, the WMU women’s volleyball program brought home $931,301 in revenue and paid out $931,301 in total expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
In case you’re wondering why certain sports that Western Michigan University offers aren’t listed above, it’s because we have no data on those sports.
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.