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Division III · Liberty League

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men's Cross Country

Troy, NY · the Engineers · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute overview
58%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute fields a men's cross country team in the Liberty League (NCAA Division III). The school gave $1,420,805 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $2,650 per roster spot.

Among Division III men's cross country programs

Where this program sits against its 217 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budgets across the division

$5k$168k

Roster sizes

165

The program

  • Athletic aid, men's teams$1,420,805 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$2,650 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$116,654 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
John Lynch head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

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  • High-school cross country players241,565 2024-25
  • Division III roster spots3,158 217 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 76 1.3% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division III; the men's cross country recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
5,954undergraduates · 7,024 students in all
Women 31% Men 69%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Research university
Affiliation
None
58%admitted · of 16,283 applicants
SAT middle 50%1330 – 1500
ACT middle 50%30 – 34
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
83%

Men's Cross Country

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Athletic aid, men's teams
$1,420,805
Recruiting spend, men's
$116,654

No team figures on file for this program yet.

$35,940net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$82,404
Average net price$35,940
Net price by family income
$0–30k$21,009
$30–48k$24,670
$48–75k$25,624
$75–110k$33,615
$110k and up$39,583
Tuition & fees
$61,884

Campus safety

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0.8violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.80
Property0.99
In residence halls
10 burglaries · 16 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
10 over 2022–2024
43%of bachelor's degrees in engineering · 17 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Engineering539 · 43%
Computer & information sciences260 · 21%
Business74 · 6%
Mathematics & statistics54 · 4%
Engineering technologies53 · 4%

Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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 Cross Country programs within 150 miles

Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRussell Sage College · 1 miSiena University · 4 miUniversity at Albany · 8 miUnion College (New York) · 14 miWilliams College · 24 miState University of New York at Cobleskill · 42 miBard College · 50 miWestfield State University · 61 miUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst · 63 miAmherst College · 64 miElms College · 68 miMarist University · 71 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Russell Sage College Division III · Empire 815$35k—76%
Siena University Division I · Metro Conference428$366k100071%
University at Albany Division I · America East Conference814$31k100070%
Union College (New York) Division III · Liberty League14———44%
Williams College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference2428$106k—10%
State University of New York at Cobleskill Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference4217$26k—83%
Bard College Division III · Liberty League5012$29k—52%
Westfield State University Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference61———81%
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Division I · Mid-American Conference63——98758%
Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference6425$83k—10%
Elms College Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference682$10k—88%
Marist University Division I · Metro Conference71——98465%

Other men's cross country programs in the Liberty League

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Rochester Institute of Technology25$93k$3,705—vs
Vassar College17$77k$4,523—vs
St. Lawrence University23$70k$3,033—vs
Ithaca College18$63k$3,511—vs
Clarkson University19$39k$2,036—vs
Hobart and William Smith Colleges12$30k$2,525—vs
Bard College12$29k$2,430—vs
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute————vs
Union College (New York)————vs

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