Brown University
Providence, RI · private, nonprofit · 7,226 undergraduates
Brown University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Brown University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both above their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Brown University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $9,915 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $9,022 per women's player, 12% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Brown University, in Providence, RI, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Ivy League.
Brown University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2022 and as high as 13 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 11. Brown University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, 19% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
Brown University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025. Brown University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the Ivy League median of 3.7, by 36%.
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 Brown University fund its athletes?
Brown University reported 995 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 494 men and 501 women, close to an even split.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division I: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $868,042 for men's sports and $404,733 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $1,757 and $808 per athlete.
What is Brown University like academically?
Brown University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 5% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1546, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $87,648 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $25,184 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 71% of the sticker price on average.
96% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 99% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $93,487, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Brown University?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Computer & Information Sciences (15%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (12%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Computer Science (250 degrees)
- Economics (215 degrees)
- Applied Mathematics (178 degrees)
- Biology, General (111 degrees)
- International Relations and National Security Studies (100 degrees)
- History (83 degrees)
- Engineering, General (78 degrees)
- Public Health (74 degrees)
- Area Studies (74 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (60 degrees)
What is Providence, RI like to live in?
Brown University sits in Providence, a mid-sized city of about 190,000 people in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Household incomes in Providence, a median of about $66,772, sit below the Rhode Island median and likewise below the national one, 15% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $322,800, 12% below the Rhode Island median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,333 a month.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 7% of workers walk.
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 33 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Brown University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Brown University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Ivy League) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Ivy League), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Brown University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Brown University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both above their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Brown University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Brown University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing; 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 Brown University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $9,915 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $9,022 per women's player, 12% below 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 Brown University?
- Brown University is in Providence, RI, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Brown University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $87,648 a year, and an average net price of $25,184 after grants and scholarships.