Eckerd College
Saint Petersburg, FL · private, nonprofit · 1,888 undergraduates
Eckerd College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Eckerd College listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division II median of 9. Eckerd College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $15,805 per male athlete and $18,411 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 $4,659 per men's player, 92% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,602 per women's player, 37% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Eckerd College, in Saint Petersburg, FL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Sunshine State Conference.
Eckerd College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025. Eckerd College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 23% below the NCAA Division II median of 5.2.
Eckerd College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025. Eckerd College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 17% below the Sunshine State Conference median of 6.
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 Eckerd College fund its athletes?
Eckerd College reported 230 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 112 men and 118 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,942,648 across all sports ($1,770,115 for men's sports, $2,172,533 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 $19,153 for men's sports and $33,889 for women's, tilted toward the women's side, or about $171 and $287 per athlete.
What is Eckerd College like academically?
Eckerd College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 76% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1250, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $68,944 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $38,071 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 45% of the sticker price on average.
66% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 76% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $51,819, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Eckerd College?
Biological & Biomedical Sciences dominates: it accounts for 46% of degrees awarded, with Natural Resources & Conservation a distant second at 12%.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (83 degrees)
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (80 degrees)
- Zoology/Animal Biology (60 degrees)
- Biology, General (51 degrees)
- Psychology, General (37 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (21 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (17 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (16 degrees)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General (16 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (15 degrees)
What is St. Petersburg, FL like to live in?
Eckerd College sits in St. Petersburg, a large city of about 261,000 people in Pinellas County, Florida.
Household incomes in St. Petersburg run close to both the Florida and national medians, around $73,118 a year.
Home values are in step with the rest of Florida, around $331,500 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,542 a month.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 18% work from home.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 43 against 39, with 21% aged 65 or over.
41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Florida average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Eckerd College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Eckerd College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Sunshine State Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Sunshine State Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Eckerd College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Eckerd College listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division II 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 Eckerd College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Eckerd College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $15,805 per male athlete and $18,411 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 Eckerd College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $4,659 per men's player, 92% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,602 per women's player, 37% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Eckerd College?
- Eckerd College is in Saint Petersburg, FL, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Eckerd College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $68,944 a year, and an average net price of $38,071 after grants and scholarships.