Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA · private, nonprofit · 2,273 undergraduates
Dickinson College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Dickinson College listed 7 players on the men's tennis roster, 42% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 11 on the women's, 10% above the NCAA Division III median of 10. Dickinson College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,418 per men's player, 26% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $1,624 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
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.
Dickinson College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. 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. 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.
- How many players are on the Dickinson College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Dickinson College listed 7 players on the men's tennis roster, 42% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 11 on the women's, 10% above the NCAA Division III median of 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Dickinson College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Dickinson College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Dickinson College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,418 per men's player, 26% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $1,624 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,786. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- 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.