Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA · private, nonprofit · 1,799 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Franklin and Marshall College field?
Franklin and Marshall College, in Lancaster, 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, 15 players against 14, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Franklin and Marshall College's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2022 and as high as 14 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 14. That 2025 roster is well above the Centennial Conference median of 10, by 40%, and 17% above the NCAA Division III median of 12. Franklin and Marshall College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 4.7 players per coach, 14% above the Centennial Conference median of 4.1.
Franklin and Marshall College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 15 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Centennial Conference median of 10, by 58%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Franklin and Marshall College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the Centennial Conference median of 3.8, by 33%.
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 Franklin and Marshall College fund its athletes?
Franklin and Marshall College reported 631 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 394 men and 237 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $38,500, about $98 per male athlete and $0 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 $67,451 for men's sports and $40,843 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $171 and $172 per athlete.
What is Franklin and Marshall College like academically?
Franklin and Marshall College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 28% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1392, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $85,776 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $36,425 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 58% of the sticker price on average.
84% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 90% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $76,124, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Franklin and Marshall College?
Multidisciplinary Studies is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (15%) and Social Sciences (15%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (82 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (60 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (55 degrees)
- Economics (46 degrees)
- Behavioral Sciences (41 degrees)
- Public Health (38 degrees)
- Biology, General (34 degrees)
- Mathematics (29 degrees)
- Sociology (25 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (20 degrees)
What is Lancaster, PA like to live in?
Franklin and Marshall College sits in Lancaster, a small city of about 58,000 people in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Household incomes in Lancaster, a median of about $63,421, sit below the Pennsylvania median and likewise below the national one, 19% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $203,700, 15% below the Pennsylvania median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,177 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 11% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.
27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Pennsylvania average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Franklin and Marshall College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Franklin and Marshall 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 Franklin and Marshall College?
- Franklin and Marshall College is in Lancaster, PA, in the Mid East region of the United States.
- How much does Franklin and Marshall College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $85,776 a year, and an average net price of $36,425 after grants and scholarships.