Boston University
Boston, MA · private, nonprofit · 18,248 undergraduates
Boston University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Boston University listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 11 on the women's, 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. Boston University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $30,640 per male athlete and $36,862 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $6,667 per men's player, 37% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $11,847 per women's player, 16% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Boston University, in Boston, MA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Patriot League.
Boston University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Boston University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, well below the Patriot League median of 5.5, by 27%.
Boston University's women's tennis roster has stayed between 10 and 12 players since 2020, and stood at 11 in 2025. Boston University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, well below the Patriot League median of 5.5, by 33%.
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 Boston University fund its athletes?
Boston University reported 592 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 250 men and 342 women, with women outnumbering men.
Athletically related student aid came to $20,266,977 across all sports ($7,660,009 for men's sports, $12,606,968 for women's); 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 $254,266 for men's sports and $220,187 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $1,017 and $644 per athlete.
What is Boston University like academically?
Boston University is a large private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 11% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1480, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $86,285 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $24,402 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 72% of the sticker price on average.
89% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 95% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $83,238, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Boston University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 17% of degrees, with Social Sciences, Communication & Journalism and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (678 degrees)
- Economics (305 degrees)
- Computer Science (294 degrees)
- Psychology, General (276 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (276 degrees)
- International Relations and National Security Studies (233 degrees)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (203 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (179 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (156 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (151 degrees)
What is Boston, MA like to live in?
Boston University sits in Boston, a large city of about 664,000 people in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Boston earns about $94,755, which is about the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Massachusetts: a typical home is valued around $710,400, 35% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,093 a month is 24% over the state figure.
Commutes run long, about 30 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 14% of workers walk and 24% take public transit and 19% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.5 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Boston University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Boston University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Patriot League), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Boston University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Boston University listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 11 on the women's, 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Boston University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Boston University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $30,640 per male athlete and $36,862 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Boston University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $6,667 per men's player, 37% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $11,847 per women's player, 16% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Boston University?
- Boston University is in Boston, MA, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Boston University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $86,285 a year, and an average net price of $24,402 after grants and scholarships.