Franklin College
Franklin, IN · private, nonprofit · 900 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Franklin College field?
Franklin College, in Franklin, IN, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 17 players against 10, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Franklin College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 17 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 12, by 42%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Franklin College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 8.5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 59%.
Franklin College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2024 and as high as 13 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 10. That 2025 roster is in line with the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 11, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Franklin College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 17% below the Heartland Collegiate Athletic 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 Franklin College fund its athletes?
Franklin College reported 434 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 292 men and 142 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 $15,133 for men's sports and $9,469 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $52 and $67 per athlete.
What is Franklin College like academically?
Franklin College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 70% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1145, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $54,178 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,855 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 58% of the sticker price on average.
60% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 73% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $55,376, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Franklin College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 19% of degrees, with Communication & Journalism, 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.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (21 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (17 degrees)
- Psychology, General (16 degrees)
- Biology, General (14 degrees)
- History (12 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (11 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (9 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (8 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (8 degrees)
- Journalism (7 degrees)
What is Franklin, IN like to live in?
Franklin College sits in Franklin, a suburb of a large city of about 26,000 people in Johnson County, Indiana.
The median household in Franklin earns about $77,305, which is above the Indiana median ($70,051) but about the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Indiana, around $212,500 and a typical rent of $1,127 a month is 10% over the state figure.
Commutes average about 24 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The population skews young, with a median age of 34 against 39 nationally and 26% under 18.
25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Indiana average of 29%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Franklin College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Franklin College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Franklin College?
- Franklin College is in Franklin, IN, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Franklin College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $54,178 a year, and an average net price of $22,855 after grants and scholarships.