Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY · private, nonprofit · 5,182 undergraduates
Marist University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Marist University listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Marist University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,611 per male athlete and $15,671 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $8,159 per men's player, 23% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $8,183 per women's player, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Marist University, in Poughkeepsie, NY, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference[FB 10].
Marist University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. Marist University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 78%.
Marist University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. Marist University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 125%.
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 Marist University fund its athletes?
Marist University reported 648 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 370 men and 278 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $7,912,742 across all sports ($3,556,244 for men's sports, $4,356,498 for women's); 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 $272,039 for men's sports and $164,332 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $735 and $591 per athlete.
What is Marist University like academically?
Marist University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 57% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1295, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $67,574 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $41,544 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 39% of the sticker price on average.
80% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 86% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $77,819, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Marist University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 28% of degrees, followed by Communication & Journalism (14%) and Psychology (11%).
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 (270 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (193 degrees)
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations (99 degrees)
- Psychology, General (96 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (63 degrees)
- Biology, General (54 degrees)
- Computer Science (46 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (44 degrees)
- Design and Applied Arts (44 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (41 degrees)
What is Poughkeepsie, NY like to live in?
Marist University sits in Poughkeepsie, a suburb of a large city of about 32,000 people in Dutchess County, New York.
The median household in Poughkeepsie earns about $60,050, which is far below the New York median ($84,578) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $259,200, 36% below the New York median and a typical rent of $1,370 a month is 13% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 6% of workers walk and 6% take public transit.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 19% under 18 and 17% aged 65 or over.
32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the New York average of 40%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Marist University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Marist University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference[FB 10]) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference[FB 10]), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Marist University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Marist University listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Marist University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Marist University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,611 per male athlete and $15,671 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Marist University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $8,159 per men's player, 23% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $8,183 per women's player, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Marist University?
- Marist University is in Poughkeepsie, NY, in the Mid East region of the United States.
- How much does Marist University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $67,574 a year, and an average net price of $41,544 after grants and scholarships.