DePauw University
Greencastle, IN · private, nonprofit · 1,905 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does DePauw University field?
DePauw University, in Greencastle, IN, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 16 players against 11, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
DePauw University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 16 players in 2025, down from 20 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well above the North Coast Athletic Conference median of 12, by 33%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. DePauw University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 5.3 players per coach, in line with the North Coast Athletic Conference median of 5.2.
DePauw University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2021 and as high as 13 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 11. That 2025 roster is 16% above the North Coast Athletic Conference median of 10, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. DePauw University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 27%.
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 DePauw University fund its athletes?
DePauw University reported 711 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 435 men and 276 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 $40,684 for men's sports and $26,115 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $94 and $95 per athlete.
What is DePauw University like academically?
DePauw University is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 57% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1340, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $74,320 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,264 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 70% of the sticker price on average.
75% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 89% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $70,527, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at DePauw University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Social Sciences, is 16% of degrees, with Communication & Journalism, Biological & Biomedical Sciences and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Economics (61 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (50 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (42 degrees)
- Computer Science (41 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (27 degrees)
- Psychology, General (26 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (23 degrees)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (20 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (20 degrees)
- Music (16 degrees)
What is Greencastle, IN like to live in?
DePauw University sits in Greencastle, a town well outside any metro area of about 9,863 people in Putnam County, Indiana.
The median household in Greencastle earns about $54,217, which is below the Indiana median ($70,051) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $154,000, 24% below the Indiana median and a typical rent of $904 a month is 11% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 13% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 22% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.3 times the national share, and the median age of 29 is younger than the country's 39.
26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Indiana average of 29%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does DePauw University have a tennis program?
- Yes. DePauw University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, North Coast Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, North Coast Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is DePauw University?
- DePauw University is in Greencastle, IN, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does DePauw University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $74,320 a year, and an average net price of $22,264 after grants and scholarships.