Emerson College
Boston, MA · private, nonprofit · 3,870 undergraduates
Emerson College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Emerson College listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster, 50% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 8 on the women's, 20% below the NCAA Division III median of 10. Emerson 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 $6,057 per men's player, 216% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $4,841 per women's player, 171% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Emerson College, in Boston, MA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference.
Emerson College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. Emerson College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 63%.
Emerson College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Emerson College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, 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 Emerson College fund its athletes?
Emerson College reported 222 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 129 men and 93 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 $34,625 for men's sports and $39,391 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $268 and $424 per athlete.
What is Emerson College like academically?
Emerson College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 51% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1358, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $80,399 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $49,180 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 39% of the sticker price on average.
77% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 87% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $62,832, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Emerson College?
Visual & Performing Arts dominates: it accounts for 57% of degrees awarded, with Communication & Journalism a distant second at 16%.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts (359 degrees)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (124 degrees)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (123 degrees)
- Journalism (108 degrees)
- Marketing (65 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (45 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (44 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (37 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (19 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (11 degrees)
What is Boston, MA like to live in?
Emerson College sits in Boston, a large city of about 664,000 people in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Boston earns about $94,755, which is about the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Massachusetts: a typical home is valued around $710,400, 35% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,093 a month is 24% over the state figure.
Commutes run long, about 30 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 14% of workers walk and 24% take public transit and 19% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.5 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Emerson College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Emerson College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Emerson College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Emerson College listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster, 50% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 8 on the women's, 20% below 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 Emerson College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Emerson 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 Emerson College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $6,057 per men's player, 216% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $4,841 per women's player, 171% above 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 Emerson College?
- Emerson College is in Boston, MA, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Emerson College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $80,399 a year, and an average net price of $49,180 after grants and scholarships.