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Division I · Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association

U.S. Military Academy Men's Wrestling

West Point, NY · the Black Knights · U.S. Military Academy overview
987
APR
100% of players retained
14%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

U.S. Military Academy fields a men's wrestling team in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (NCAA Division I). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 987, about the median of 980, with 100% of players retained year to year.

Among Division I men's wrestling programs

Where this program sits against its 76 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

APR987

Team budgets across the division

$240k$6.6M

Roster sizes (cap 30)

2271

The program

  • Division I roster cap30 from 2025-26
  • Academic Progress Rate987 multi-year; 982 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible98% of player-terms

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Troy Nickerson head coachHead 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 wrestling players300,214 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots2,647 76 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 110 0.88% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

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4,508undergraduates · 4,508 students in all
Women 22% Men 78%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Liberal arts college
Affiliation
None
14%admitted · of 11,430 applicants
SAT middle 50%1200 – 1430
ACT middle 50%28 – 33
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
85%

Men's Wrestling

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Academic Progress Rate987
100% of players kept year to year

Campus safety

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No campus safety figures on file.

24%of bachelor's degrees in engineering · 19 fields · Bachelor's
Engineering258 · 24%
Social sciences240 · 22%
Military technologies65 · 6%
Engineering technologies58 · 5%
Legal studies56 · 5%

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Men's Wrestling programs within 150 miles

U.S. Military AcademyFelician University · 37 miSacred Heart University · 39 miColumbia University-Barnard College · 40 miU.S. Merchant Marine Academy · 41 miUniversity of Bridgeport · 43 miHunter College · 43 miLong Island University · 44 miStevens Institute of Technology · 45 miNew York University · 46 miHofstra University · 50 miKean University · 51 miCentenary University (New Jersey) · 59 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Felician University Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference3714$164k—94%
Sacred Heart University Division I · Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association3958$550k99368%
Columbia University-Barnard College Division I · The Ivy League4031$768k9984%
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Division III · Centennial Conference4131$224k—32%
University of Bridgeport Division II · Independent43———64%
Hunter College Division III · Independent4318$54k—54%
Long Island University Division I · Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association4435$728k—90%
Stevens Institute of Technology Division III · Middle Atlantic Conferences4531$285k—43%
New York University Division III · University Athletic Association4634$301k—9%
Hofstra University Division I · Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association5027$1.2M97471%
Kean University Division III · Independent51———77%
Centenary University (New Jersey) Division III · Atlantic East Conference5925$113k—97%

Other men's wrestling programs in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Lehigh University 10 over cap40$2.1M$52,974985vs
Drexel University 7 over cap37$1.3M$36,348979vs
American University room for 426$1.3M$50,684982vs
Hofstra University room for 327$1.2M$45,120974vs
Morgan State University 1 over cap31$1.2M$39,015—vs
Bucknell University 1 over cap31$1.1M$36,226967vs
Binghamton University room for 327$905k$33,513944vs
Long Island University 5 over cap35$728k$20,798—vs
Sacred Heart University 28 over cap58$550k$9,476993vs
Franklin & Marshall College 5 over cap35$464k$13,263975vs
U.S. Military Academy———987vs
U.S. Naval Academy———996vs

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