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Division I · America East Conference

University at Albany Women's Soccer

Albany, NY · the Great Danes · University at Albany overview
27
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 28
$665k
Team budget
13th percentile in Division I
$24,611
Per roster spot
median $37,254
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
987
APR
98% of players retained
70%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

University at Albany fields a women's soccer team in the America East Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 27 players, below the median of 31, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $664,500, well below the median of $1.2M — $24,611 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's soccer programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 28 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 987, about the median of 993, with 98% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,851,038 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $15,847 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's soccer programs

Where this program sits against its 346 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$665k
Spend per player$24,611
Roster size27
Coaching staff3
APR987

Team budgets across the division

$316k$4.5M
this programevery Division I women's soccer program

Roster sizes (cap 28)

1357
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster27 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap28 room for 1
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$664,500 for the year
  • Operating expenses$82,079 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$24,611 division median $37,254
  • Academic Progress Rate987 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained98% year to year
  • Eligible99% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$3,851,038 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$15,847 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$139,678 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Sade Ayinde head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Meg RichardsonAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Chance HendricksAssistant 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 soccer players393,048 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots10,870 346 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 36 2.8% 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.
12,190undergraduates · 16,880 students in all
Women 56% Men 44%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
70%admitted · of 30,740 applicants
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
64%

Women's Soccer

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27on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2827
room for 1
Academic Progress Rate987
98% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$664,500 $24,611 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$3,851,038
Recruiting spend, women's
$139,678
$19,165net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$29,790
Sticker, out-of-state$48,380
Average net price$19,165
Net price by family income
$0–30k$13,066
$30–48k$15,895
$48–75k$19,850
$75–110k$20,811
$110k and up$25,009
Tuition & fees
$10,408 in-state · $28,998 out

Campus safety

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1.33violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.33
Property0.66
In residence halls
21 burglaries · 34 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
10 over 2022–2024
15%of bachelor's degrees in business · 20 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business435 · 15%
Social sciences409 · 14%
Computer & information sciences298 · 11%
Multidisciplinary studies291 · 10%
Psychology285 · 10%

Research University at Albany

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.

Women's Soccer programs within 150 miles

University at AlbanySiena University · 4 miRussell Sage College · 7 miRensselaer Polytechnic Institute · 8 miUnion College (New York) · 11 miSkidmore College · 29 miWilliams College · 32 miState University of New York at Cobleskill · 34 miMassachusetts College of Liberal Arts · 37 miBard College · 46 miState University of New York at Delhi · 63 miState University of New York at Oneonta · 65 miWestfield State University · 65 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Siena University Division I · Metro Conference425$1M99571%
Russell Sage College Division III · Empire 8727$112k—76%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Division III · Liberty League830$221k—58%
Union College (New York) Division III · Liberty League1128$175k—44%
Skidmore College Division III · Liberty League2928$172k—23%
Williams College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference3228$240k—10%
State University of New York at Cobleskill Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference3431$72k—83%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference3722$81k—92%
Bard College Division III · Liberty League4621$187k—52%
State University of New York at Delhi Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference6330$97k—88%
State University of New York at Oneonta Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference6533$156k—70%
Westfield State University Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference6530$117k—81%

Other women's soccer programs in the America East Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of New Hampshire 2 over cap30$1.3M$44,661997vs
University of Vermont 2 over cap30$1.2M$41,230993vs
University of Maine 1 over cap29$1.2M$41,965974vs
University of Massachusetts Lowell 3 over cap31$1.2M$37,7051000vs
New Jersey Institute of Technology 1 over cap29$1.1M$39,231995vs
Bryant University at cap28$1.1M$38,9491000vs
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 8 over cap36$992k$27,559968vs
Binghamton University room for 127$965k$35,741978vs
University at Albany room for 127$665k$24,611987vs

Every America East Conference women's soccer program · Women's Soccer budgets ranked