Davidson College
Davidson, NC · private, nonprofit · 1,867 undergraduates
Davidson College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Davidson College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 12 on the women's, 33% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. Davidson College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,043 per male athlete and $13,765 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 $4,300 per men's player, 59% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $5,496 per women's player, 46% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Davidson College, in Davidson, NC, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Atlantic 10 Conference[FB 8].
Davidson College's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2023 and as high as 12 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 12. Davidson College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 33%.
Davidson College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. Davidson College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, in line with the Atlantic 10 Conference[FB 8] median of 4.
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 Davidson College fund its athletes?
Davidson College reported 490 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 293 men and 197 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $5,947,317 across all sports ($3,235,591 for men's sports, $2,711,726 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 $327,244 for men's sports and $199,870 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $1,117 and $1,015 per athlete.
What is Davidson College like academically?
Davidson College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 13% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1469, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $79,475 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,379 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 78% of the sticker price on average.
91% 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 $81,400, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Davidson College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (17%) and Psychology (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Economics (75 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (64 degrees)
- Biology, General (60 degrees)
- Psychology, General (59 degrees)
- Computer Science (34 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (27 degrees)
- History (24 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (21 degrees)
- Mathematics (20 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (19 degrees)
What is Davidson, NC like to live in?
Davidson College sits in Davidson, a suburb of a large city of about 15,000 people in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Household incomes in Davidson, a median of about $152,969, sit far above the North Carolina median and likewise far above the national one, 95% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of North Carolina: a typical home is valued around $626,000, 141% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,636 a month is 41% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 8% of workers walk and 27% work from home.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 41, with 21% under 18 and 16% aged 65 or over.
76% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the North Carolina average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Davidson College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Davidson College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic 10 Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic 10 Conference[FB 8]), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Davidson College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Davidson College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 12 on the women's, 33% 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 Davidson College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Davidson College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,043 per male athlete and $13,765 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 Davidson College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $4,300 per men's player, 59% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $5,496 per women's player, 46% 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 Davidson College?
- Davidson College is in Davidson, NC, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Davidson College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $79,475 a year, and an average net price of $17,379 after grants and scholarships.