Hood College
Frederick, MD · private, nonprofit · 1,194 undergraduates
Hood College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Hood College listed 4 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Hood 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 $514 per men's player, 73% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $206 per women's player, 88% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Hood College, in Frederick, MD, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the MAC Commonwealth.
Hood College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 4 players in 2025, down from 7 in 2020. Hood College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 25%.
Hood College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. Hood College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, well above the MAC Commonwealth median of 3.7, by 64%.
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 Hood College fund its athletes?
Hood College reported 383 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 190 men and 193 women, close to an even split.
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 $11,556 for men's sports and $12,546 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $61 and $65 per athlete.
What is Hood College like academically?
Hood College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 78% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $61,219 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,873 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 66% of the sticker price on average.
57% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 68% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $57,089, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Hood College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Health Professions, is 16% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Psychology and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (41 degrees)
- Biology, General (22 degrees)
- Psychology, General (19 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (18 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (14 degrees)
- Computer Science (13 degrees)
- Mathematics (11 degrees)
- History (10 degrees)
- Social Work (10 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (8 degrees)
What is Frederick, MD like to live in?
Hood College sits in Frederick, a small city of about 81,000 people in Frederick County, Maryland.
The median household in Frederick earns about $95,150, which is about the Maryland median ($101,652) but above the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Maryland, around $365,200 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,688 a month.
Commutes run long, about 30 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 15% work from home.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 37, with 22% under 18 and 14% aged 65 or over.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Hood College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Hood College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, MAC Commonwealth) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, MAC Commonwealth), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Hood College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Hood College listed 4 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Hood College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Hood 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 Hood College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $514 per men's player, 73% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $206 per women's player, 88% below 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 Hood College?
- Hood College is in Frederick, MD, in the Mid East region of the United States.
- How much does Hood College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $61,219 a year, and an average net price of $20,873 after grants and scholarships.