Assumption University
Worcester, MA · private, nonprofit · 1,669 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Assumption University field?
Assumption University, in Worcester, MA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Northeast-10 Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 18 players against 14, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Assumption University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 18 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Northeast-10 Conference median of 10, by 89%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. Assumption University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the Northeast-10 Conference median of 3.7, by 145%.
Assumption University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 14 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the NCAA Division II median of 9, by 56%, and in line with the Northeast-10 Conference median of 14. Assumption University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division II median of 5, by 40%.
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 Assumption University fund its athletes?
Assumption University reported 728 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 441 men and 287 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,285,674, about $5,290 per male athlete and $6,804 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $44,323 for men's sports and $35,640 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $101 and $124 per athlete.
What is Assumption University like academically?
Assumption University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 83% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $65,551 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,498 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.
75% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 84% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $74,895, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Assumption University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 28% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (25%) and Social Sciences (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Marketing (48 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (44 degrees)
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (40 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (38 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (35 degrees)
- Psychology, General (35 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (34 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (26 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (25 degrees)
- Biology, General (25 degrees)
What is Worcester, MA like to live in?
Assumption University sits in Worcester, a mid-sized city of about 206,000 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Worcester earns about $67,544, which is far below the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $339,500, 35% below the Massachusetts median and a typical rent of $1,415 a month is 16% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Assumption University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Assumption University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Northeast-10 Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Northeast-10 Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Assumption University?
- Assumption University is in Worcester, MA, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Assumption University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $65,551 a year, and an average net price of $29,498 after grants and scholarships.