University of Connecticut Women's Swimming & Diving
University of Connecticut fields a women's swimming & diving team in the BIG EAST Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 30 players, about the median of 30, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $1,276,645, well above the median of $830k — $42,554 per roster spot, upper half of Division I women's swimming & diving programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 30 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 997, about the median of 995, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $6,962,175 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $18,816 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's swimming & diving programs
Where this program sits against its 197 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 30)
The program
- Roster30 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap30 at the cap
- Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
- Team expenses$1,276,645 for the year
- Operating expenses$331,857 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$42,554 division median $29,970
- Academic Progress Rate997 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained100% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$6,962,175 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$18,816 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$618,702 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Maiello head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school swimming & diving players138,303 2024-25
- Division I roster spots5,811 197 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 24 4.2% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's swimming & diving 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.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Town
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores required
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 84%
Women's Swimming & Diving
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $1,276,645 $42,555 per roster spot · upper half of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 2 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $6,962,175
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $618,702
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $20,366 in-state · $43,034 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 38 burglaries · 34 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 22 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research University of Connecticut
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 Swimming & Diving programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference | 6 | 26 | $124k | — | 81% | |
| Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference | 23 | 25 | $188k | — | 34% | |
| University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut) Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference | 25 | 17 | $157k | — | 80% | |
| Western New England University Division III · Little East Conference | 25 | 15 | $27k | — | 83% | |
| Springfield College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | 26 | 25 | $146k | — | 70% | |
| Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference | 27 | 30 | $132k | — | 17% | |
| Central Connecticut State University Division I · Northeast Conference | 28 | 29 | $566k | 984 | 76% | |
| Elms College Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference | 29 | 7 | $21k | — | 88% | |
| Connecticut College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference | 31 | 32 | $156k | — | 38% | |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | 31 | — | — | — | 24% | |
| Mount Holyoke College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | 35 | — | — | — | 38% | |
| Westfield State University Division III · Little East Conference | 36 | 22 | $59k | — | 81% |
Other women's swimming & diving programs in the BIG EAST Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova University 1 over cap | 31 | $1.7M | $53,305 | 1000 | vs | |
| University of Connecticut at cap | 30 | $1.3M | $42,554 | 997 | vs | |
| Seton Hall University room for 11 | 19 | $897k | $47,187 | 1000 | vs | |
| Xavier University room for 5 | 25 | $426k | $17,049 | 1000 | vs | |
| Providence College 3 over cap | 33 | $326k | $9,870 | 1000 | vs | |
| Georgetown University at cap | 30 | $296k | $9,850 | 1000 | vs | |
| Butler University room for 4 | 26 | $248k | $9,540 | 1000 | vs | |
| Marquette University | — | — | — | — | vs |
Every BIG EAST Conference women's swimming & diving program · Women's Swimming & Diving budgets ranked