Does Colby College have a tennis program?

Yes. Colby 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.

Where is Colby College?

Colby College is in Waterville, ME, in the New England region of the United States.

How much does Colby College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $85,420 a year, and an average net price of $17,180 after grants and scholarships.

Colby College

Waterville, ME · private, nonprofit · 2,407 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Colby College field?

Colby College, in Waterville, 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.

The men's roster is the larger of the two, 12 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Colby College's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2024 and as high as 14 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 12. That 2025 roster is in line with the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 12, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Colby College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 13% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.3.

Colby College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 14% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 11, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Colby College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 6.3, by 28%.

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 Colby College fund its athletes?

Colby College reported 693 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 392 men and 301 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 $98,667 for men's sports and $68,657 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $252 and $228 per athlete.

What is Colby College like academically?

Colby College is a mid-sized 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 1501, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $85,420 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,180 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 80% of the sticker price on average.

89% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 94% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $80,490, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Colby College?

Social Sciences is the largest field at 29% of degrees, followed by Psychology (12%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (11%).

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

Economics (89 degrees)
Political Science and Government (76 degrees)
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (52 degrees)
Computer Science (45 degrees)
International/Globalization Studies (42 degrees)
Psychology, General (41 degrees)
Biology, General (38 degrees)
History (27 degrees)
Neurobiology and Neurosciences (27 degrees)
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (25 degrees)

What is Waterville, ME like to live in?

Colby College sits in Waterville, a remote town of about 17,000 people in Kennebec County, Maine.

Household incomes in Waterville, a median of about $47,489, sit far below the Maine median and likewise far below the national one, 40% lower than the country as a whole.

Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $173,700, 35% below the Maine median and a typical rent of $957 a month is 12% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 9% of workers walk and 16% work from home.

It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.0 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is younger than the country's 39.

Frequently asked questions

Does Colby College have a tennis program?: Yes. Colby 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.
Where is Colby College?: Colby College is in Waterville, ME, in the New England region of the United States.
How much does Colby College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $85,420 a year, and an average net price of $17,180 after grants and scholarships.