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Division III · Collegiate Water Polo Association (Women's)

Carthage College Women's Water Polo

Kenosha, WI · the Firebirds · Carthage College overview
18
Roster
2024–25 season
$169k
Team budget
72nd percentile in Division III
$9,384
Per roster spot
median $6,638
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
84%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Carthage College fields a women's water polo team in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (Women's) (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 18 players, about the median of 18, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $168,924, above the median of $131k — $9,384 per roster spot, upper half of Division III women's water polo programs. The school reports no athletic aid for women's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.

Among Division III women's water polo programs

Where this program sits against its 19 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$169k
Spend per player$9,384
Roster size18
Coaching staff2

Team budgets across the division

$48k$481k
this programevery Division III women's water polo program

Roster sizes

1127
this programevery Division III roster

The program

  • Roster18 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$168,924 for the year
  • Operating expenses$89,171 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$9,384 division median $6,638
  • Athletic aid, women's teamsNone school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$0 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$64,969 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Seth Hughes head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Nicole BacoyanisGraduate Assistant Women's Water Polo Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

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  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school water polo players18,023 2024-25
  • Division III roster spots339 19 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 53 1.9% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
2,642undergraduates · 2,771 students in all
Women 56% Men 44%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Evangelical Lutheran Church
84%admitted · of 8,044 applicants
SAT middle 50%1000 – 1205
ACT middle 50%19 – 26
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
61%

Women's Water Polo

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18on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$168,924 $9,385 per roster spot · upper half of Division III
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
None
Recruiting spend, women's
$64,969
$24,962net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$53,050
Average net price$24,962
Net price by family income
$0–30k$18,307
$30–48k$20,228
$48–75k$22,692
$75–110k$25,465
$110k and up$27,527
Tuition & fees
$36,500

Campus safety

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1.99violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.99
Property1.29
In residence halls
9 burglaries · 13 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
2 over 2022–2024
24%of bachelor's degrees in business · 23 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Business124 · 24%
Health professions & nursing69 · 13%
Biological sciences38 · 7%
Social sciences38 · 7%
Visual & performing arts33 · 6%

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Other women's water polo programs in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (Women's)

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Michigan at cap24$1.8M$74,863973vs
Brown University 2 over cap26$608k$23,3891000vs
Princeton University room for 816$528k$33,012992vs
Bucknell University room for 519$504k$26,506987vs
Saint Francis University20$474k$23,687993vs
Harvard University room for 618$354k$19,672995vs
Mercyhurst University room for 717$310k$18,262—vs
Macalester College16$184k$11,477—vs
Connecticut College12$180k$14,994—vs
Carthage College18$169k$9,384—vs
Austin College24$159k$6,638—vs
Augustana College (Illinois)24$138k$5,738—vs
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)14$85k$6,063—vs
Washington and Jefferson College12$78k$6,475—vs
Pennsylvania State Univ. Erie, the Behrend College13$48k$3,673—vs
Denison University————vs
Grove City College————vs

Every Collegiate Water Polo Association (Women's) women's water polo program · Women's Water Polo budgets ranked