SAVING AKRON MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY -
THREE TANGIBLE ARGUMENTS

Addendum to Argument 1: Understanding the Sources of Revenue brought by Students

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There are four main ways a tuition-paying student at the University of Akron brings in revenue to the school:

1. Tuition

2. Room and board

3. Resident degree credit

4. Course completion credits

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For this analysis, the following assumptions have been applied:

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• Non-scholarship student-athlete*

• The student-athlete is considered an Ohio resident

• One year of room and board

• Student graduates after four years at the university with 120 credits completed

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1. Tuition – the yearly amount paid to the university by a student to attend the institution

2. Room and board – the yearly amount paid to the university by a student to live on campus and eat at the dining halls. There are different levels of housing and meal plans which can change the room and board amount, but this is the amount reported on the university’s website.

3. Resident degree credit** – this is the amount given to the university by the state of Ohio for each in-state degree earned. Attainment of a degree by an out of state student also earns the university a degree credit, but at a lesser dollar amount.

4. Course completion credits** – this is the amount given to the university by the state of Ohio for 120 completed credits. Below you will see $2181 multiplied by 4: this is because the state of Ohio works in 30 credit increments, referred to as 1.0 full-time equivalent or FTE.

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Tuition: 4 x $11,635 = $ 46,540

Room and board: $ 11,220

Resident degree credit: $ 10,837

Course completion credits: 4 x $2,181 = $ 8,724

$ 77,321 total per student

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*The non-scholarship assumption was made because the majority of cross country runners do not have a track scholarship. For the 2020 projected cross country roster, a total of 1.2 track scholarships were allocated amongst the runners. It is worth noting, there is no such thing as a cross country scholarship when there is a track program, so cutting cross country does not alleviate a scholarship funding burden.

**In 2014 the state of Ohio enacted a performance funding model for publicly funded institutions of higher learning. Instead of receiving funds simply for the number of students on campus, the funds are now allocated based on how the students on campus perform. The two main components of that funding model are the resident degree credit and the course completion credits listed above.