Division I · Missouri Valley Conference
Valparaiso University Women's Volleyball
Valparaiso, IN · the NCAA Applications Administrators · Valparaiso University overview
18
Roster
at the D-I cap of 18
$901k
Team budget
36th percentile in Division I
$50,047
Per roster spot
median $60,381
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
995
APR
99% of players retained
92%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity
Valparaiso University fields a women's volleyball team in the Missouri Valley Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 18 players, about the median of 18, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $900,859, below the median of $1.1M — $50,047 per roster spot, lower half of Division I women's volleyball programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 18 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 995, about the median of 990, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,924,931 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $15,394 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's volleyball programs
Where this program sits against its 344 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
#219Team budgetof 344 · Division I#217Spend per playerof 344 · Division I#158Roster sizeof 344 · Division I#92APRof 344 · Division I
Team budgets across the division
this programevery Division I women's volleyball program
Roster sizes (cap 18)
this programevery Division I roster
The program
- Roster18 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap18 at the cap
- Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
- Team expenses$900,859 for the year
- Operating expenses$154,076 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$50,047 division median $60,381
- Academic Progress Rate995 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained99% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$2,924,931 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$15,394 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$72,458 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Polite head coach | Interim Head Coach | not 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 volleyball players492,799 2024-25
- Division I roster spots6,282 344 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 78 1.3% 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.Campus
Full picture →2,255undergraduates · 2,846 students in all
Women 56% Men 44%
- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Lutheran Church in America
Getting in
Full picture →92%admitted · of 6,133 applicants
SAT middle 50%1080 – 1310
ACT middle 50%25 – 30
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 67%
Women's Volleyball
Full picture →18on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1818
exactly at the cap
Academic Progress Rate995
99% of players kept year to year
- Team expenses
- $900,859 $50,048 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 2 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $2,924,931
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $72,458
Cost
Full picture →$23,168net price · after grants, aided first-years
Net price by family income
- Tuition & fees
- $46,588
Campus safety
Full picture →0.78violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
- In residence halls
- 1 burglaries · 5 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 2 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →28%of bachelor's degrees in health professions & nursing · 24 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Research Valparaiso University
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 Volleyball program18 on the rosterPeers, percentiles, nearby programs, comparisonsRankingsWhere it standsEvery list this school is on, nationally and in its divisionAdmissions92% admittedSAT/ACT ladders, test policy, graduationCost & aid$23,168 net priceSticker vs net price by family income, athletic aidMajorsHealth professions & nursing · 28%Every field and program with degrees awardedCampusSuburb · 2,255Setting, who is on campus, housing costs, servicesCampus safety0.78 violent / 1,000Three years of reported offences against the divisionAthleticsEvery teamThe whole department: every team, staff and aid
Women's Volleyball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University Northwest Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 24 | 20 | $349k | — | 71% | |
| Chicago State University Division I · Northeast Conference | 34 | 10 | $502k | 940 | 41% | |
| University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association | 37 | 20 | $300k | — | 5% | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | 40 | 14 | $164k | — | 55% | |
| Roosevelt University Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 42 | 16 | $365k | — | 94% | |
| DePaul University Division I · BIG EAST Conference | 42 | 15 | $1.3M | 997 | 74% | |
| University of Illinois Chicago Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 42 | 22 | $1.3M | 980 | 79% | |
| Saint Mary's College (Indiana) Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 44 | — | — | — | 81% | |
| University of Notre Dame Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 45 | 22 | $3.7M | 1000 | 12% | |
| Loyola University Chicago Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference | 49 | 16 | $1.3M | 995 | 81% | |
| North Park University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 49 | 36 | $272k | — | 73% | |
| Concordia University Chicago Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | 50 | 19 | $159k | — | 93% |
Other women's volleyball programs in the Missouri Valley Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Chicago 4 over cap | 22 | $1.3M | $59,141 | 980 | vs | |
| University of Northern Iowa room for 1 | 17 | $1.3M | $75,691 | 995 | vs | |
| Belmont University at cap | 18 | $1.3M | $70,942 | 995 | vs | |
| Illinois State University 2 over cap | 20 | $1.2M | $61,401 | 1000 | vs | |
| University of Evansville room for 2 | 16 | $1M | $63,836 | 984 | vs | |
| Bradley University room for 2 | 16 | $948k | $59,223 | 989 | vs | |
| Valparaiso University at cap | 18 | $901k | $50,047 | 995 | vs | |
| Drake University 2 over cap | 20 | $821k | $41,063 | 966 | vs | |
| Southern Illinois University at Carbondale room for 2 | 16 | $788k | $49,243 | 995 | vs | |
| Indiana State University 1 over cap | 19 | $583k | $30,706 | 995 | vs | |
| Murray State University room for 5 | 13 | $566k | $43,530 | 995 | vs |
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