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Division I · Big West Conference

California State University, Fullerton Men's Cross Country

939
APR
95% of players retained
87%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

California State University, Fullerton fields a men's cross country team in the Big West Conference (NCAA Division I). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 939, about the median of 990, with 95% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,004,390 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $9,777 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's cross country programs

Where this program sits against its 314 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

APR939

Team budgets across the division

$14k$1.1M

Roster sizes (cap 17)

134

The program

  • Division I roster cap17 from 2025-26
  • Academic Progress Rate939 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained95% year to year
  • Eligible93% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$2,004,390 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$9,777 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$139,110 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Marques Barosso head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Jorge JabazAssistant Coach (2nd Season)On file · sign in
Lexi CilleyAssistant Coach- Distance (1st Season)On file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school cross country players241,565 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots854 314 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 280 0.35% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
37,125undergraduates · 41,962 students in all
Women 58% Men 42%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
87%admitted · of 48,591 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
69%

Men's Cross Country

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Academic Progress Rate939
95% of players kept year to year
Athletic aid, men's teams
$2,004,390
Recruiting spend, men's
$139,110
$6,283net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$30,640
Sticker, out-of-state$42,520
Average net price$6,283
Net price by family income
$0–30k$2,675
$30–48k$3,466
$48–75k$5,438
$75–110k$9,101
$110k and up$14,831
Tuition & fees
$7,073 in-state · $18,953 out

Campus safety

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0.36violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.36
Property0.34
In residence halls
14 burglaries · 33 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
10 over 2022–2024
24%of bachelor's degrees in business · 21 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business2,254 · 24%
Psychology1,071 · 11%
Health professions & nursing773 · 8%
Communication & journalism747 · 8%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation613 · 7%

Research California State University, Fullerton

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Men's Cross Country programs within 150 miles

California State University, FullertonChapman University · 6 miBiola University · 8 miWhittier College · 11 miCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona · 13 miLong Beach State University · 15 miVanguard University · 15 miConcordia University Irvine · 16 miUniversity of California, Irvine · 16 miUniversity of La Verne · 16 miAzusa Pacific University · 17 miPomona-Pitzer Colleges · 18 miClaremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges · 18 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.614$58k—56%
Biola University Division II · Pacific West Conference8———60%
Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.11———85%
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association13———74%
Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference15——98147%
Vanguard University Division II · Pacific West Conference15———65%
Concordia University Irvine Division II · Pacific West Conference16———60%
University of California, Irvine Division I · Big West Conference1611$14k99726%
University of La Verne Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1615$55k—48%
Azusa Pacific University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.17———79%
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1820$97k—7%
Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.1824$95k—11%

Other men's cross country programs in the Big West Conference

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