Division I · Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Purdue University Fort Wayne Men's Volleyball
Fort Wayne, IN · the Mastodons · Purdue University Fort Wayne overview
16
Roster
room for 2 under the cap of 18
$423k
Team budget
8th percentile in Division I
$26,425
Per roster spot
median $35,433
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
86%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity
Purdue University Fort Wayne fields a men's volleyball team in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 16 players, below the median of 21, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $422,807, well below the median of $783k — $26,425 per roster spot, lower half of Division I men's volleyball programs. That leaves room for 2 under the Division I roster cap of 18 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 988, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $1,370,794 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $7,833 per roster spot.
Among Division I men's volleyball programs
Where this program sits against its 27 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
#25Team budgetof 27 · Division I#20Spend per playerof 27 · Division I#24Roster sizeof 27 · Division I#1APRof 27 · Division I
Team budgets across the division
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Roster sizes (cap 18)
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The program
- Roster16 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap18 room for 2
- Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
- Team expenses$422,807 for the year
- Operating expenses$104,458 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$26,425 division median $35,433
- Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained100% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, men's teams$1,370,794 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$7,833 across men's teams
- Recruiting spend, men's$106,074 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Donny Gleason | Head Coach | On file · sign in |
| Jake Gleason | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Jay Miller | Graduate Assistant Coach | not 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
- 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.Campus
Full picture →8,110undergraduates · 8,874 students in all
Women 51% Men 49%
- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Master's university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →86%admitted · of 6,466 applicants
SAT middle 50%960 – 1190
ACT middle 50%19 – 26
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 32%
Men's Volleyball
Full picture →16on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1816
room for 2
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
- Team expenses
- $422,807 $26,425 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 3 assistant
- Athletic aid, men's teams
- $1,370,794
- Recruiting spend, men's
- $106,074
Cost
Full picture →$12,619net price · after grants, aided first-years
Net price by family income
- Tuition & fees
- $9,254 in-state · $22,220 out
Campus safety
Full picture →0.6violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
- In residence halls
- 3 burglaries · 9 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 25 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →21%of bachelor's degrees in business · 21 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Research Purdue University Fort Wayne
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 Volleyball program16 on the rosterPeers, percentiles, nearby programs, comparisonsRankingsWhere it standsEvery list this school is on, nationally and in its divisionAdmissions86% admittedSAT/ACT ladders, test policy, graduationCost & aid$12,619 net priceSticker vs net price by family income, athletic aidMajorsBusiness · 21%Every field and program with degrees awardedCampusCity · 8,110Setting, who is on campus, housing costs, servicesCampus safety0.6 violent / 1,000Three years of reported offences against the divisionAthleticsEvery teamThe whole department: every team, staff and aid
Men's Volleyball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trine University Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League | 36 | 24 | $145k | — | 85% | |
| Ball State University Division I · Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association | 65 | 23 | $783k | 996 | 72% | |
| Adrian College Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League | 76 | 18 | $97k | — | 68% | |
| The University of Olivet Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League | 92 | 17 | $84k | — | 97% | |
| Wittenberg University Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League | 106 | 20 | $190k | — | 91% | |
| Central State University Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. | 116 | 20 | $309k | — | 46% | |
| Wabash College Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League | 120 | — | — | — | 63% | |
| Franklin College Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League | 124 | 9 | $39k | — | 71% | |
| Calvin University Division III · Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League | 128 | 18 | $152k | — | 71% | |
| The Ohio State University Division I · Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association | 135 | 19 | $1.5M | 990 | 51% | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | 139 | 17 | $125k | — | 55% | |
| Roosevelt University Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference | 140 | 17 | $238k | — | 94% |
Other men's volleyball programs in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ohio State University 1 over cap | 19 | $1.5M | $78,843 | 990 | vs | |
| Loyola University Chicago 7 over cap | 25 | $950k | $38,009 | 985 | vs | |
| Ball State University 5 over cap | 23 | $783k | $34,064 | 996 | vs | |
| Lewis University | 29 | $618k | $21,305 | — | vs | |
| Queens University of Charlotte 4 over cap | 22 | $489k | $22,214 | — | vs | |
| Purdue University Fort Wayne room for 2 | 16 | $423k | $26,425 | 1000 | vs | |
| McKendree University | 21 | $402k | $19,159 | — | vs | |
| Lindenwood University 2 over cap | 20 | $339k | $16,967 | — | vs | |
| Northern Kentucky University | — | — | — | — | vs |
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