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Division I · America East Conference

University of Vermont Men's Lacrosse

Burlington, VT · the Catamounts · University of Vermont overview
47
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 48
$1.6M
Team budget
53rd percentile in Division I
$33,711
Per roster spot
median $31,286
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
974
APR
96% of players retained
60%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

University of Vermont fields a men's lacrosse team in the America East Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 47 players, about the median of 51, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $1,584,458, about the median of $1.6M — $33,711 per roster spot, upper half of Division I men's lacrosse programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 48 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 974, about the median of 988, with 96% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,455,030 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $13,820 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's lacrosse programs

Where this program sits against its 77 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.6M
Spend per player$33,711
Roster size47
Coaching staff4
APR974

Team budgets across the division

$676k$5.2M
this programevery Division I men's lacrosse program

Roster sizes (cap 48)

3766
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster47 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap48 room for 1
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,584,458 for the year
  • Operating expenses$294,083 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$33,711 division median $31,286
  • Academic Progress Rate974 multi-year; 992 latest
  • Players retained96% year to year
  • Eligible98% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$3,455,030 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$13,820 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$194,291 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Drew Kelleher head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youSeptember 1 of junior year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school lacrosse players113,696 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots3,813 77 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 30 3.4% 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.
12,168undergraduates · 14,320 students in all
Women 64% Men 36%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
60%admitted · of 28,236 applicants
SAT middle 50%1250 – 1420
ACT middle 50%29 – 32
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
79%

Men's Lacrosse

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47on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 4847
room for 1
Academic Progress Rate974
96% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,584,458 $33,712 per roster spot · upper half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$3,455,030
Recruiting spend, men's
$194,291
$22,062net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$35,798
Sticker, out-of-state$60,798
Average net price$22,062
Net price by family income
$0–30k$11,958
$30–48k$13,113
$48–75k$17,261
$75–110k$22,233
$110k and up$28,049
Tuition & fees
$18,890 in-state · $43,890 out

Campus safety

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1.04violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.04
Property1.27
In residence halls
25 burglaries · 33 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
12 over 2022–2024
11%of bachelor's degrees in natural resources & conservation · 24 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Natural resources & conservation289 · 11%
Biological sciences286 · 11%
Health professions & nursing250 · 10%
Business245 · 9%
Social sciences221 · 8%

Research University of Vermont

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 Lacrosse programs within 150 miles

University of VermontSaint Michael's College · 2 miPlattsburgh State University of New York · 20 miNorwich University · 35 miVermont State University Castleton · 47 miDartmouth College · 70 miState University of New York at Potsdam · 88 miClarkson University · 90 miPlymouth State University · 90 miColby-Sawyer College · 95 miSt. Lawrence University · 97 miState University of New York at Canton · 98 miSkidmore College · 100 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Saint Michael's College Division II · Northeast 10 Conference249$590k—92%
Plattsburgh State University of New York Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference2048$208k—75%
Norwich University Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference3543$226k—74%
Vermont State University Castleton Division III · Little East Conference4735$138k—83%
Dartmouth College Division I · The Ivy League7045$830k10006%
State University of New York at Potsdam Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference8841$183k—85%
Clarkson University Division III · Liberty League9049$260k—77%
Plymouth State University Division III · Little East Conference9043$114k—91%
Colby-Sawyer College Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference95———90%
St. Lawrence University Division III · Liberty League9753$242k—58%
State University of New York at Canton Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference9824$81k—96%
Skidmore College Division III · Liberty League10043$186k—23%

Other men's lacrosse programs in the America East Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Bryant University 7 over cap55$1.6M$29,943985vs
University of Vermont room for 147$1.6M$33,711974vs
New Jersey Institute of Technology room for 345$1.3M$28,808967vs
University of Massachusetts Lowell room for 444$1.2M$28,228987vs
University at Albany 3 over cap51$1.2M$23,217990vs
University of Maryland, Baltimore County at cap48$1.1M$23,867960vs
Binghamton University room for 939$923k$23,671985vs

Every America East Conference men's lacrosse program · Men's Lacrosse budgets ranked