Does Dickinson College have a tennis program?

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

Where is Dickinson College?

Dickinson College is in Carlisle, PA, in the Mid East region of the United States.

How much does Dickinson College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,902 a year, and an average net price of $37,607 after grants and scholarships.

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA · private, nonprofit · 2,273 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Dickinson College field?

Dickinson College, in Carlisle, PA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Centennial Conference.

The women's roster is the larger of the two, 11 players against 7, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Dickinson College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the NCAA Division III median of 12, by 42%, and about the same distance from the Centennial Conference median. Dickinson College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 34%.

Dickinson College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2022 and as high as 11 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 11. That 2025 roster is 16% above the Centennial Conference median of 10, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Dickinson 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 Centennial Conference median of 3.8, by 47%.

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 Dickinson College fund its athletes?

Dickinson College reported 530 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 323 men and 207 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 $68,075 for men's sports and $29,341 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $211 and $142 per athlete.

What is Dickinson College like academically?

Dickinson College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 42% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1391, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $82,902 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $37,607 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.

80% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 92% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $70,204, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Dickinson College?

Social Sciences is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (17%) and Business, Management & Marketing (11%).

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

Economics (68 degrees)
International Business (66 degrees)
Political Science and Government (49 degrees)
Psychology, General (44 degrees)
Area Studies (32 degrees)
International Relations and National Security Studies (29 degrees)
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (29 degrees)
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (29 degrees)
Mathematics (25 degrees)
Neurobiology and Neurosciences (25 degrees)

What is Carlisle, PA like to live in?

Dickinson College sits in Carlisle, a small city of about 21,000 people in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Household incomes in Carlisle, a median of about $59,742, sit below the Pennsylvania median and likewise below the national one, 24% lower than the country as a whole.

Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $212,400, 12% below the Pennsylvania median and a typical rent of $986 a month is 15% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 10% of workers walk.

It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.7 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.

Frequently asked questions

Does Dickinson College have a tennis program?: Yes. Dickinson College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Centennial Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Centennial Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where is Dickinson College?: Dickinson College is in Carlisle, PA, in the Mid East region of the United States.
How much does Dickinson College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,902 a year, and an average net price of $37,607 after grants and scholarships.