Athletics Fin Aid at HC compered to PL football schools

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Athletics Fin Aid at HC compered to PL football schools Mar 9, 2019 10:45:10 GMT -5

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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 9, 2019 10:45:10 GMT -5

Schools are ranked by $ value of merit-aid offered to freshmen in the class entering in the fall of 2018. Data are from the 2018-19 Common Data Sets unless otherwise indicated.

If 2018-19 data was not available, 2017-18 CDS was used. Three CAA football schools are included for comparison.

The CDS data does not flag the number of athletes receiving need-based fin aid.
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HC comes off as being parsimonious, and basically treading water. Note that HC offers the least amount of merit aid per athlete, excepting GU which excludes football in its athletic fin aid reporting.

This suggests no near-term improvements in competitiveness where the amount of fin aid offered to rostered players is a albeit imperfect measure for how competitive the team is, Further, I believe need-based offered to athletes can include loans, and other forms of non-grant aid.

As the data show, Colgate is way ahead.

Colgate
For 2018-19
69 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $42.3K
Need based athletic awards total $0
Merit based athletic awards total $13.4M
Athletic awards total is up $600K from 2017-18

Lehigh
For 2018-19
70 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $43K
Need based awards total $136K
Merit based awards total $12.6M
Athletic awards total is up $300K from 2017-18

Lafayette
For 2018-19
60 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $45.6K
Need based athletic awards total $1.1M
Merit based athletic awards total $9.7N
Athletic awards total is up $500K from 2017-18

Richmond
For 2018-19
63 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $41.9K
Need based awards total $1.6M
Merit based awards total $9.6M
Athletic awards total is down $100K from 2017-18

Villanova
For 2017-18
37 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $46.1K
Need based awards total $3.3M
Merit based awards total $9.3M

Bucknell
For 2018-19
55 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $38K
Need based athletic awards total $3.6M
Merit based athletic awards total $9.0M
Athletic awards total is up $500K from 2017-18

HC
For 2018-19
53 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $31.3K
Need based athletic awards total $3.4M
Merit based athletic awards total $8.9M
Athletic awards total is up $400K from 2017-18

Georgetown
For 2017-18 (football would have $0 in fin aid awards)
102 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $20.5
Need based athletic awards total $2.2M
Merit based athletic awards total $6.6M

Fordham
For 2017-18
38 freshmen received a non need-based athletic award
Average amount of merit award ^^^ was $34.9M
Need based athletic awards total $7.9M
Merit based athletic awards total $5.2M

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Athletics Fin Aid at HC compered to PL football schools Mar 9, 2019 11:15:09 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by longsuffering on Mar 9, 2019 11:15:09 GMT -5

The total athletic financial aid for HC is 12.3M which puts us fourth in the PL for combined merit and need based athletic financial aid if I'm reading this correctly, but the service academies are full scholarship and BU isn't mentioned and they are regular contenders for the NCAA tournament in hockey so they are getting a return on whatever they are spending. I am assuming merit aid is all Grant and need based aid includes loans, but not sure of that. Colgate is currently ahead of us in Football, Basketball and Hockey, the three main revenue sports so they are getting good results from their investment.

To me you offer a large number of sports to Foster participation but invest scholarship money to Foster competiveness/winning. I always wondered about the team dynamic where some atheletes are on athletic merit scholarship and others aren't, so allocation of the scholarships to the different teams is no easy task. But you never hear any complaints about how it is done on Crossports so HC must be doing it well.

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Athletics Fin Aid at HC compered to PL football schools Mar 9, 2019 14:58:23 GMT -5

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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 9, 2019 14:58:23 GMT -5

Mar 9, 2019 11:15:09 GMT -5 longsuffering said:

The total athletic financial aid for HC is 12.3M which puts us fourth in the PL for combined merit and need based athletic financial aid if I'm reading this correctly, but the service academies are full scholarship and BU isn't mentioned and they are regular contenders for the NCAA tournament in hockey so they are getting a return on whatever they are spending. I am assuming merit aid is all Grant and need based aid includes loans, but not sure of that. Colgate is currently ahead of us in Football, Basketball and Hockey, the three main revenue sports so they are getting good results from their investment.
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Boston U spends more on athletically related fin aid than does HC. Loyola and American spend less, with American at the bottom. American spent $5.6M, all of which was merit-based; Loyola $6.4M, $4.8M of which was merit. Boston U spent $15.2M in 2017-18, and that's without football.

Ranking of PL schools would be:
[Service Academy]
[Service Academy]
Boston U
Colgate
Lehigh
Bucknell
HC
Lafayette
Loyola
American

With an increase of $400K over 2017018, HC is simply covering the increase in the cost of attendance. This would be more troubling if need-based aid for women's ice hockey was excluded from prior year totals. That would mean current aid for women's ice hockey is being funded by reducing fin aid amounts for other sports.

Looking at respective funding levels, Bucknell and HC would, IMO, be the two schools most opposed to bumping up football scollies from 60 to 63 equivalencies.

Last Edit: Mar 9, 2019 14:58:51 GMT -5 by Pakachoag Phreek

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