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Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Purdue University Northwest Women's Soccer

Hammond, IN · the Lions · Purdue University Northwest overview
29
Roster
2024–25 season
$302k
Team budget
18th percentile in Division II
$10,411
Per roster spot
median $13,706
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
71%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Purdue University Northwest fields a women's soccer team in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 29 players, about the median of 31, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $301,942, below the median of $451k — $10,411 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division II women's soccer programs. The school gave $689,953 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $4,758 per roster spot.

Among Division II women's soccer programs

Where this program sits against its 256 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$302k
Spend per player$10,411
Roster size29
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$35k$1.2M
this programevery Division II women's soccer program

Roster sizes

1688
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster29 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$301,942 for the year
  • Operating expenses$67,078 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$10,411 division median $13,706
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$689,953 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$4,758 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$15,862 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Mary Whisler head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Nicki RuckiAssistant Women's Soccer CoachOn file · sign in
Jonah NunoSheldonAssistant 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
  • High-school soccer players393,048 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots8,483 256 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 46 2.2% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
7,902undergraduates · 8,679 students in all
Women 54% Men 46%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
71%admitted · of 6,394 applicants
SAT middle 50%920 – 1140
ACT middle 50%16 – 25
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
44%

Women's Soccer

Full picture →
29on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$301,942 $10,412 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$689,953
Recruiting spend, women's
$15,862
$9,637net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$22,326
Sticker, out-of-state$29,527
Average net price$9,637
Net price by family income
$0–30k$4,256
$30–48k$4,935
$48–75k$10,143
$75–110k$13,805
$110k and up$14,972
Tuition & fees
$8,048 in-state · $14,933 out

Campus safety

Full picture →
0.11violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.11
Property0.11
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 2 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
31%of bachelor's degrees in health professions & nursing · 21 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Health professions & nursing376 · 31%
Business189 · 16%
Engineering114 · 9%
Computer & information sciences82 · 7%
Psychology77 · 6%

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Women's Soccer programs within 150 miles

Purdue University NorthwestChicago State University · 12 miUniversity of Chicago · 15 miIllinois Institute of Technology · 19 miRoosevelt University · 22 miDePaul University · 22 miUniversity of Illinois Chicago · 22 miValparaiso University · 24 miConcordia University Chicago · 28 miDominican University (Illinois) · 28 miNorth Park University · 30 miLoyola University Chicago · 30 miLewis University · 31 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Chicago State University Division I · Northeast Conference1226$488k95441%
University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association1533$444k—5%
Illinois Institute of Technology Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference1935$180k—55%
Roosevelt University Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference2229$599k—94%
DePaul University Division I · BIG EAST Conference2231$1.4M99474%
University of Illinois Chicago Division I · Missouri Valley Conference2230$1.1M99179%
Valparaiso University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference2433$1.1M99892%
Concordia University Chicago Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference2830$153k—93%
Dominican University (Illinois) Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference2833$163k—80%
North Park University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin3029$168k—73%
Loyola University Chicago Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference3032$1.4M100081%
Lewis University Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference3130$553k—73%

Other women's soccer programs in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Grand Valley State University30$1.2M$40,776—vs
Saginaw Valley State University35$918k$26,220—vs
Northern Michigan University36$795k$22,090—vs
Michigan Technological University27$630k$23,345—vs
Ferris State University32$610k$19,053—vs
Roosevelt University29$599k$20,657—vs
Davenport University34$475k$13,974—vs
University of Wisconsin-Parkside28$435k$15,524—vs
Purdue University Northwest29$302k$10,411—vs
Wayne State University (Michigan)————vs

Every Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer program · Women's Soccer budgets ranked