Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI · private, nonprofit · 7,660 undergraduates
Marquette University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Marquette University listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 8 on the women's, 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 9. Marquette University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $16,693 per male athlete and $23,243 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 $14,118 per men's player, 34% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $15,136 per women's player, 48% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Marquette University, in Milwaukee, WI, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big East Conference.
Marquette University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2024 and as high as 13 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 10. Marquette University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 44%.
Marquette University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Marquette University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the Big East Conference median of 4, 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 Marquette University fund its athletes?
Marquette University reported 329 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 173 men and 156 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,513,724 across all sports ($2,887,804 for men's sports, $3,625,920 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 $1,038,952 for men's sports and $267,281 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $6,006 and $1,713 per athlete.
What is Marquette University like academically?
Marquette University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 81% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1310, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $66,768 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $31,487 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
83% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 91% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $78,257, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Marquette University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (16%) and Engineering (13%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Biology, General (253 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (175 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (164 degrees)
- Psychology, General (130 degrees)
- Marketing (124 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (100 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (95 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (87 degrees)
- Criminology (81 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (81 degrees)
What is Milwaukee, WI like to live in?
Marquette University sits in Milwaukee, a large city of about 570,000 people in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
Household incomes in Milwaukee, a median of about $51,888, sit far below the Wisconsin median and likewise far below the national one, 34% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $172,000, 30% below the Wisconsin median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,033 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 5% take public transit.
The population skews young, with a median age of 32 against 39 nationally and 26% under 18.
27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Wisconsin average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Marquette University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Marquette University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big East Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big East Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Marquette University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Marquette University listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 8 on the women's, 11% below 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 Marquette University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Marquette University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $16,693 per male athlete and $23,243 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 Marquette University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $14,118 per men's player, 34% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $15,136 per women's player, 48% above 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 Marquette University?
- Marquette University is in Milwaukee, WI, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Marquette University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $66,768 a year, and an average net price of $31,487 after grants and scholarships.