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Fairfield University Men's Rowing

Fairfield, CT · the Stags · Fairfield University overview
42
Roster
2024–25 season
$190k
Team budget
3rd percentile in Division I
$4,521
Per roster spot
median $17,980
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
45%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Fairfield University fields a men's rowing team in the Metro Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 42 players, below the median of 52, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $189,897, well below the median of $1.3M — $4,521 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I men's rowing programs. The school gave $4,296,710 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $17,537 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's rowing programs

Where this program sits against its 31 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$190k
Spend per player$4,521
Roster size42
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$144k$4.9M
this programevery Division I men's rowing program

Roster sizes

26103
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster42 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$189,897 for the year
  • Operating expenses$75,557 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$4,521 division median $17,980
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$4,296,710 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$17,537 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$177,911 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Steve Baranowski head coachHead Coachnot on file
Stephen BaranoskiAssociate Director of Rowing / Head Men's Rowing CoachOn file · sign in
Thomas KoetznerAssistant Men's Rowing CoachOn file · sign in
Ryan BorsyVolunteer Assistant Men's Rowing Coachnot on file
Tanner ShirkVolunteer Assistant Men's Rowing Coachnot on file
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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
  • Division I roster spots1,694 31 programs

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
4,968undergraduates · 6,289 students in all
Women 59% Men 41%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
45%admitted · of 15,463 applicants
SAT middle 50%1240 – 1380
ACT middle 50%29 – 32
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
84%

Men's Rowing

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42on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$189,897 $4,521 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$4,296,710
Recruiting spend, men's
$177,911
$47,630net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$76,940
Average net price$47,630
Net price by family income
$0–30k$32,161
$30–48k$28,062
$48–75k$35,003
$75–110k$39,355
$110k and up$49,644
Tuition & fees
$56,360

Campus safety

Full picture →
0.68violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.68
Property0.34
In residence halls
4 burglaries · 12 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
7 over 2022–2024
46%of bachelor's degrees in business · 22 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business482 · 46%
Health professions & nursing196 · 19%
Communication & journalism88 · 8%
Psychology59 · 6%
Social sciences53 · 5%

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Men's Rowing programs within 150 miles

Fairfield UniversityYale University · 20 miWesleyan University (Connecticut) · 41 miColumbia University-Barnard College · 44 miTrinity College (Connecticut) · 50 miMarist University · 52 miConnecticut College · 62 miU.S. Coast Guard Academy · 62 miPrinceton University · 92 miCollege of the Holy Cross · 106 miBrown University · 106 miWorcester Polytechnic Institute · 107 miWilliams College · 107 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Yale University Division I · The Ivy League2061$1.7M—5%
Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference4140$500k—17%
Columbia University-Barnard College Division I · The Ivy League4434$1.2M—4%
Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference5048$342k—34%
Marist University Division I · Metro Conference5252$386k—65%
Connecticut College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference6219$208k—38%
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Division III · Independent62———24%
Princeton University Division I · The Ivy League9294$1.7M—4%
College of the Holy Cross Division I · Independent10654$617k—21%
Brown University Division I · The Ivy League10659$1.3M—5%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Division III · Independent10748$305k—58%
Williams College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference10754$382k—10%

Other men's rowing programs in the Metro Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Marist University52$386k$7,419—vs
Fairfield University42$190k$4,521—vs

Every Metro Conference men's rowing program · Men's Rowing budgets ranked