Does Carleton College have a tennis program?

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

Where is Carleton College?

Carleton College is in Northfield, MN, in the Plains region of the United States.

How much does Carleton College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,893 a year, and an average net price of $25,407 after grants and scholarships.

Carleton College

Northfield, MN · private, nonprofit · 2,086 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Carleton College field?

Carleton College, in Northfield, MN, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The women's roster is the larger of the two, 11 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Carleton College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 14 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 12, by 25%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Carleton College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 44%.

Carleton College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 11 in 2025 and as high as 14 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 11. That 2025 roster is 10% above the NCAA Division III median of 10, and in line with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11. Carleton College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, well above the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 4, by 38%.

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 Carleton College fund its athletes?

Carleton College reported 398 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 237 men and 161 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 $52,035 for men's sports and $17,193 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $220 and $107 per athlete.

What is Carleton College like academically?

Carleton College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 20% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1517, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $84,893 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $25,407 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 70% of the sticker price on average.

90% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 96% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $75,525, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Carleton College?

Social Sciences is the largest field at 20% of degrees, followed by Computer & Information Sciences (16%) and Physical Sciences (13%).

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

Computer Science (59 degrees)
Biology, General (59 degrees)
International Relations and National Security Studies (56 degrees)
Research and Experimental Psychology (43 degrees)
Mathematics (38 degrees)
Economics (34 degrees)
Chemistry (33 degrees)
Physics (28 degrees)
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (18 degrees)
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (18 degrees)

What is Northfield, MN like to live in?

Carleton College sits in Northfield, a town well outside any metro area of about 21,000 people in Rice County, Minnesota.

The median household in Northfield earns about $92,000, which is about the Minnesota median ($87,556) but above the national median ($78,538).

Home values are in step with the rest of Minnesota, around $305,300 and a typical rent of $1,036 a month is 16% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 17% of workers walk and 20% work from home.

It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.4 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.

52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Minnesota average of 39%.

Frequently asked questions

Does Carleton College have a tennis program?: Yes. Carleton College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where is Carleton College?: Carleton College is in Northfield, MN, in the Plains region of the United States.
How much does Carleton College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,893 a year, and an average net price of $25,407 after grants and scholarships.