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Division I · Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

Northern Kentucky University Men's Volleyball

Highland Heights, KY · the Norse · Northern Kentucky University overview
96%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Northern Kentucky University fields a men's volleyball team in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (NCAA Division I). The school gave $1,204,156 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $5,626 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's volleyball programs

Where this program sits against its 27 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budgets across the division

$312k$2.5M

Roster sizes (cap 18)

1527

The program

  • Division I roster cap18 from 2025-26
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$1,204,156 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$5,626 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$90,616 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jim Palilonis head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Chey CooperAssistant Men's Volleyball CoachOn 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 volleyball players95,972 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots554 27 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 170 0.58% 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.
9,927undergraduates · 14,961 students in all
Women 63% Men 37%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Public · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
None
96%admitted · of 6,417 applicants
SAT middle 50%916 – 1133
ACT middle 50%19 – 25
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
49%

Men's Volleyball

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Athletic aid, men's teams
$1,204,156
Recruiting spend, men's
$90,616

No team figures on file for this program yet.

$8,151net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$25,856
Sticker, out-of-state$36,440
Average net price$8,151
Net price by family income
$0–30k$1,813
$30–48k$3,022
$48–75k$6,638
$75–110k$11,227
$110k and up$13,270
Tuition & fees
$10,896 in-state · $21,480 out

Campus safety

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0.56violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.56
Property0.11
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 19 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
23%of bachelor's degrees in business · 23 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business444 · 23%
Health professions & nursing378 · 20%
Computer & information sciences143 · 7%
Biological sciences135 · 7%
Psychology128 · 7%

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Men's Volleyball programs within 150 miles

Northern Kentucky UniversityMount St. Joseph University · 10 miCentral State University · 57 miWittenberg University · 71 miSpalding University · 89 miFranklin College · 90 miBall State University · 95 miThe Ohio State University · 103 miWabash College · 148 miPurdue University Fort Wayne · 148 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Mount St. Joseph University Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League1014$106k—57%
Central State University Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.5720$309k—46%
Wittenberg University Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League7120$190k—91%
Spalding University Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League89———99%
Franklin College Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League909$39k—71%
Ball State University Division I · Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association9523$783k99672%
The Ohio State University Division I · Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association10319$1.5M99051%
Wabash College Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League148———63%
Purdue University Fort Wayne Division I · Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association14816$423k100086%

Other men's volleyball programs in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
The Ohio State University 1 over cap19$1.5M$78,843990vs
Loyola University Chicago 7 over cap25$950k$38,009985vs
Ball State University 5 over cap23$783k$34,064996vs
Lewis University29$618k$21,305—vs
Queens University of Charlotte 4 over cap22$489k$22,214—vs
Purdue University Fort Wayne room for 216$423k$26,4251000vs
McKendree University21$402k$19,159—vs
Lindenwood University 2 over cap20$339k$16,967—vs
Northern Kentucky University————vs

Every Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association men's volleyball program · Men's Volleyball budgets ranked