Alma College
Alma, MI · private, nonprofit · 1,148 undergraduates
Alma College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Alma College listed 7 players on the men's tennis roster, 42% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 12 on the women's, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 10. Alma College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,139 per men's player, 12% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $1,268 per women's player, 29% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Alma College, in Alma, MI, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Alma College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. Alma College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 34%.
Alma College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2023 and as high as 15 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 12. Alma College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Alma College fund its athletes?
Alma College reported 736 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 413 men and 323 women, close to an even split.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $25,815 for men's sports and $28,272 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $63 and $88 per athlete.
What is Alma College like academically?
Alma College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 57% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $63,650 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,694 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 67% of the sticker price on average.
63% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 85% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $54,742, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Alma College?
Biological & Biomedical Sciences is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (22%) and Education (11%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Psychology, General (40 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (31 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (22 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (21 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (21 degrees)
- Biology, General (19 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (17 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (14 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (13 degrees)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (13 degrees)
What is Alma, MI like to live in?
Alma College sits in Alma, a town well outside any metro area of about 9,421 people in Gratiot County, Michigan.
Household incomes in Alma, a median of about $50,506, sit far below the Michigan median and likewise far below the national one, 36% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $108,100, 50% below the Michigan median and a typical rent of $791 a month is 27% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 8% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 12% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.8 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Michigan average of 32%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Alma College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Alma College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Alma College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Alma College listed 7 players on the men's tennis roster, 42% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 12 on the women's, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Alma College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Alma College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Alma College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,139 per men's player, 12% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $1,268 per women's player, 29% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Alma College?
- Alma College is in Alma, MI, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Alma College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $63,650 a year, and an average net price of $20,694 after grants and scholarships.