Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME · private, nonprofit · 1,873 undergraduates
Bowdoin College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Bowdoin College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both in line with their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Bowdoin 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 $9,389 per men's player, 390% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $14,314 per women's player, 701% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, ME, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Bowdoin College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. Bowdoin College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 12 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 125%.
Bowdoin College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025. Bowdoin College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 10 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 100%.
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 Bowdoin College fund its athletes?
Bowdoin College reported 637 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 353 men and 284 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 $89,659 for men's sports and $66,165 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $254 and $233 per athlete.
What is Bowdoin College like academically?
Bowdoin College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 7% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1520, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $85,100 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $14,398 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 83% of the sticker price on average.
95% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 97% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $82,735, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Bowdoin College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 31% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (19%) and Physical Sciences (9%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Political Science and Government (83 degrees)
- Economics (78 degrees)
- Area Studies (47 degrees)
- Mathematics (43 degrees)
- Computer Science (42 degrees)
- Biology, General (33 degrees)
- History (29 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (29 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (26 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (21 degrees)
What is Brunswick, ME like to live in?
Bowdoin College sits in Brunswick, a town on the edge of a metro area of about 17,000 people in Cumberland County, Maine.
The median household in Brunswick earns about $68,190, which is about the Maine median ($71,773) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Maine: a typical home is valued around $333,500, 25% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,300 a month is 20% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 12% of workers walk and 17% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.7 times the national share, and the median age of 38 is close to the country's 39.
50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Maine average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Bowdoin College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Bowdoin College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, New England Small College Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, New England Small College Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Bowdoin College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Bowdoin College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both in line with their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Bowdoin College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Bowdoin 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 Bowdoin College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $9,389 per men's player, 390% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $14,314 per women's player, 701% above 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 Bowdoin College?
- Bowdoin College is in Brunswick, ME, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Bowdoin College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $85,100 a year, and an average net price of $14,398 after grants and scholarships.