Does Bentley University have a tennis program?

Yes. Bentley University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Northeast-10 Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Atlantic Hockey America), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.

Where is Bentley University?

Bentley University is in Waltham, MA, in the New England region of the United States.

How much does Bentley University cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $79,548 a year, and an average net price of $37,930 after grants and scholarships.

Bentley University

Waltham, MA · private, nonprofit · 4,474 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Bentley University field?

Bentley University, in Waltham, 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 and the Atlantic Hockey America.

The men's roster is the larger of the two, 12 players against 11, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Bentley University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Northeast-10 Conference median of 10, by 26%, and 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 10. Bentley University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, well above the Northeast-10 Conference median of 3.7, by 64%.

Bentley University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 22% above the NCAA Division II median of 9, and 21% below the Northeast-10 Conference median of 14. Bentley University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 21% below the Northeast-10 Conference median of 7.

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 Bentley University fund its athletes?

Bentley University reported 597 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 380 men and 217 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.

Athletically related student aid came to $5,483,823, about $9,097 per male athlete and $9,341 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 $108,160 for men's sports and $22,815 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $285 and $105 per athlete.

What is Bentley University like academically?

Bentley University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 45% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1352, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $79,548 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $37,930 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.

87% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 93% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $120,959, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Bentley University?

Business, Management & Marketing dominates: it accounts for 92% of degrees awarded, with Computer & Information Sciences a distant second at 5%.

The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Finance and Financial Management Services (244 degrees)
Accounting and Related Services (231 degrees)
Business Administration, Management and Operations (170 degrees)
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (152 degrees)
Marketing (122 degrees)
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (80 degrees)
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (78 degrees)
Computer and Information Sciences, General (61 degrees)
Business/Managerial Economics (37 degrees)
Business/Corporate Communications (28 degrees)

What is Waltham, MA like to live in?

Bentley University sits in Waltham, a small city of about 65,000 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

The median household in Waltham earns about $116,560, which is above the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but far above the national median ($78,538).

Housing costs more here than in most of Massachusetts: a typical home is valued around $705,700, 34% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,232 a month is 32% over the state figure.

Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 6% of workers walk and 5% take public transit and 20% work from home.

It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.9 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is close to the country's 39.

56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.

Frequently asked questions

Does Bentley University have a tennis program?: Yes. Bentley University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Northeast-10 Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Atlantic Hockey America), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where is Bentley University?: Bentley University is in Waltham, MA, in the New England region of the United States.
How much does Bentley University cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $79,548 a year, and an average net price of $37,930 after grants and scholarships.