Duke University
Durham, NC · private, nonprofit · 6,442 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Duke University field?
Duke University, in Durham, NC, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 13 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Duke University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 11 players in 2020 to 13 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the NCAA Division I median of 10, by 30%, and in line with the Atlantic Coast Conference median of 12. Duke University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 4.3 players per coach, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
Duke University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. That 2025 roster is in line with the Atlantic Coast Conference median of 10, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division I median. Duke University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below 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 Duke University fund its athletes?
Duke University reported 730 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 415 men and 315 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $30,099,294, about $37,808 per male athlete and $45,742 per female athlete across all sports; 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 $2,969,104 for men's sports and $671,854 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $7,154 and $2,133 per athlete.
What is Duke University like academically?
Duke University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 6% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1548, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $87,072 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,612 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 66% of the sticker price on average.
97% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 98% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $97,800, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Duke University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Computer & Information Sciences, is 13% of degrees, with Engineering, 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.
- Computer Science (370 degrees)
- Economics (209 degrees)
- Public Policy Analysis (181 degrees)
- Biology, General (160 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (155 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (151 degrees)
- Computer Engineering (134 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (96 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (91 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (79 degrees)
What is Durham, NC like to live in?
Duke University sits in Durham, a large city of about 288,000 people in Durham County, North Carolina.
The median household in Durham earns about $79,234, which is above the North Carolina median ($69,904) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of North Carolina: a typical home is valued around $355,300, 37% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,412 a month is 22% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 21% work from home.
The population skews young, with a median age of 35 against 39 nationally and 20% under 18.
56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the North Carolina average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Duke University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Duke University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Duke University?
- Duke University is in Durham, NC, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Duke University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $87,072 a year, and an average net price of $29,612 after grants and scholarships.