Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · private, nonprofit · 2,131 undergraduates
Macalester College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Macalester College listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 25% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 10 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division III median of 10. Macalester 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 $2,193 per men's player, 14% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $2,193 per women's player, 23% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Macalester College, in Saint Paul, MN, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Macalester College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 16 in 2020. Macalester College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 44%.
Macalester College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 16 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 10. Macalester College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, 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 Macalester College fund its athletes?
Macalester College reported 420 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 227 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 $53,260 for men's sports and $35,633 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $235 and $185 per athlete.
What is Macalester College like academically?
Macalester College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 29% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1440, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $82,991 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $32,149 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 61% of the sticker price on average.
87% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 92% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $63,878, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Macalester College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Social Sciences, is 19% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Multidisciplinary Studies and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (58 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (56 degrees)
- Biology, General (52 degrees)
- Economics (49 degrees)
- Mathematics (48 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (38 degrees)
- International/Globalization Studies (38 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (33 degrees)
- Geography and Environmental Studies (29 degrees)
- Chemistry (21 degrees)
What is West St. Paul, MN like to live in?
Macalester College sits in West St. Paul, a large city of about 21,000 people in Dakota County, Minnesota.
The median household in West St. Paul earns about $70,738, which is below the Minnesota median ($87,556) but about the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Minnesota, around $281,800 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,195 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 18% work from home.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 39, with 19% under 18 and 21% aged 65 or over.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Macalester College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Macalester College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Macalester College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Macalester College listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 25% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 10 on the women's, in line with 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 Macalester College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Macalester 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 Macalester College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,193 per men's player, 14% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $2,193 per women's player, 23% 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 Macalester College?
- Macalester College is in Saint Paul, MN, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Macalester College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,991 a year, and an average net price of $32,149 after grants and scholarships.