Does Bridgewater College have a tennis program?

Yes. Bridgewater College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Old Dominion Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Old Dominion Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.

Where is Bridgewater College?

Bridgewater College is in Bridgewater, VA, in the Southeast region of the United States.

How much does Bridgewater College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $58,702 a year, and an average net price of $17,800 after grants and scholarships.

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, VA · private, nonprofit · 1,400 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Bridgewater College field?

Bridgewater College, in Bridgewater, VA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

The men's roster is the larger of the two, 10 players against 7, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Bridgewater College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 6 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 20% below the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 13, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Bridgewater College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 23% below the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 6.5.

Bridgewater College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the NCAA Division III median of 10, by 30%, and 18% below the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 9. Bridgewater College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 5, by 30%.

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 Bridgewater College fund its athletes?

Bridgewater College reported 546 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 358 men and 188 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.

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 $65,569 for men's sports and $40,305 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $183 and $214 per athlete.

What is Bridgewater College like academically?

Bridgewater College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 92% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1180, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.

The full cost of attendance is around $58,702 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,800 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 70% of the sticker price on average.

53% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 75% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $53,453, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Bridgewater College?

No single field dominates: the largest, Parks, Recreation & Fitness, is 19% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Visual & Performing Arts 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 (60 degrees)
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (49 degrees)
Biology, General (28 degrees)
Psychology, General (24 degrees)
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (19 degrees)
Communication and Media Studies (16 degrees)
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (14 degrees)
Sociology (13 degrees)
History (13 degrees)
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (11 degrees)

What is Bridgewater, VA like to live in?

Bridgewater College sits in Bridgewater, a suburb of about 6,650 people in Rockingham County, Virginia.

The median household in Bridgewater earns about $81,012, which is below the Virginia median ($90,974) but about the national median ($78,538).

Home values are in step with the rest of Virginia, around $372,400 and a typical rent of $1,141 a month is 25% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 13 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 15% of workers walk.

It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.2 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.

49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Virginia average of 42%.

Frequently asked questions

Does Bridgewater College have a tennis program?: Yes. Bridgewater College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Old Dominion Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Old Dominion Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where is Bridgewater College?: Bridgewater College is in Bridgewater, VA, in the Southeast region of the United States.
How much does Bridgewater College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $58,702 a year, and an average net price of $17,800 after grants and scholarships.