Menlo College
Atherton, CA · private, nonprofit · 752 undergraduates
Menlo College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Menlo College listed 13 players on the men's tennis roster, 30% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 8 on the women's, 11% below the NCAA Division II median of 9. Menlo College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,973 per male athlete and $14,607 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 $3,181 per men's player, 31% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,181 per women's player, 21% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Menlo College, in Atherton, CA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Pacific West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
Menlo College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 13 players in 2025, down from 16 in 2023. Menlo College lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division II median of 5.2, by 37%.
Menlo College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 10 in 2024, and ended 2025 at 8. Menlo College lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2 players per coach, well below the Pacific West Conference median of 5, by 60%.
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 Menlo College fund its athletes?
Menlo College reported 329 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 185 men and 144 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,318,512 across all sports ($2,215,090 for men's sports, $2,103,422 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 $26,453 for men's sports and $24,614 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $143 and $171 per athlete.
What is Menlo College like academically?
Menlo College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 68% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $72,020 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $31,100 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 57% of the sticker price on average.
54% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 70% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $76,419, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Menlo College?
Business, Management & Marketing dominates: it accounts for 69% of degrees awarded, with Psychology a distant second at 18%.
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 (70 degrees)
- Psychology, General (30 degrees)
- Marketing (29 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (28 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (22 degrees)
- Data Analytics
- Real Estate
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
- Human Resources Management and Services
What is Atherton, CA like to live in?
Menlo College sits in Atherton, a suburb of a large city of about 7,021 people in San Mateo County, California.
Household incomes in Atherton, a median of about $250,001, sit far above the California median and likewise far above the national one, 218% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of California: a typical home is valued around $2,000,001, 188% above the state median and a typical rent of $3,501 a month is 79% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 24 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 40% work from home.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 49 against 39, with 26% aged 65 or over.
86% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the California average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Menlo College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Menlo College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Pacific West Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Menlo College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Menlo College listed 13 players on the men's tennis roster, 30% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 8 on the women's, 11% below the NCAA Division II 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 Menlo College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Menlo College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,973 per male athlete and $14,607 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 Menlo College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $3,181 per men's player, 31% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,181 per women's player, 21% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Menlo College?
- Menlo College is in Atherton, CA, in the Far West region of the United States.
- How much does Menlo College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $72,020 a year, and an average net price of $31,100 after grants and scholarships.
