College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA · private, nonprofit · 3,106 undergraduates
College of the Holy Cross tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, College of the Holy Cross listed 13 players on the men's tennis roster, 30% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. College of the Holy Cross does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $20,260 per male athlete and $21,232 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,317 per men's player, 78% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $2,317 per women's player, 77% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, MA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Patriot League and the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
College of the Holy Cross's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2021 and as high as 13 in 2024, and ended 2025 at 13. College of the Holy Cross lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6.5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 44%.
College of the Holy Cross's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 18 in 2020. College of the Holy Cross lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.
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 College of the Holy Cross fund its athletes?
College of the Holy Cross reported 712 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 407 men and 305 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $14,721,373 across all sports ($8,245,632 for men's sports, $6,475,741 for women's); tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $441,418 for men's sports and $164,875 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $1,085 and $541 per athlete.
What is College of the Holy Cross like academically?
College of the Holy Cross is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 18% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1353, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $80,334 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $38,782 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.
87% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 95% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $90,543, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at College of the Holy Cross?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 35% of degrees, followed by Psychology (13%) 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.
- Psychology, General (132 degrees)
- Economics (128 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (110 degrees)
- History (65 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (57 degrees)
- Biology, General (50 degrees)
- Mathematics (48 degrees)
- Sociology (37 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (33 degrees)
- Chemistry (32 degrees)
What is Worcester, MA like to live in?
College of the Holy Cross sits in Worcester, a mid-sized city of about 206,000 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Worcester earns about $67,544, which is far below the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $339,500, 35% below the Massachusetts median and a typical rent of $1,415 a month is 16% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does College of the Holy Cross have a tennis program?
- Yes. College of the Holy Cross fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Patriot League) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the College of the Holy Cross tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, College of the Holy Cross listed 13 players on the men's tennis roster, 30% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does College of the Holy Cross give athletic aid for tennis?
- College of the Holy Cross does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $20,260 per male athlete and $21,232 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does College of the Holy Cross spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,317 per men's player, 78% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $2,317 per women's player, 77% 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 College of the Holy Cross?
- College of the Holy Cross is in Worcester, MA, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does College of the Holy Cross cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $80,334 a year, and an average net price of $38,782 after grants and scholarships.