Does Occidental College have a tennis program?

Yes. Occidental College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.

Where is Occidental College?

Occidental College is in Los Angeles, CA, in the Far West region of the United States.

How much does Occidental College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,800 a year, and an average net price of $38,263 after grants and scholarships.

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA · private, nonprofit · 1,877 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Occidental College field?

Occidental College, in Los Angeles, CA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The men's roster is the larger of the two, 13 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Occidental College's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 13 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 13. That 2025 roster is in line with the NCAA Division III median of 12, and about the same distance from the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median. Occidental College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 4.3 players per coach, 19% below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3.

Occidental College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 18% below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Occidental College lists 1 head coach and 4 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 1.8 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, 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 Occidental College fund its athletes?

Occidental College reported 374 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 189 men and 185 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 $31,648 for men's sports and $37,401 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $167 and $202 per athlete.

What is Occidental College like academically?

Occidental College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 44% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1452, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $84,800 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $38,263 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.

81% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 90% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $75,951, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Occidental College?

Social Sciences is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Visual & Performing Arts (15%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (13%).

The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Economics (85 degrees)
International Relations and National Security Studies (53 degrees)
Biology, General (40 degrees)
Research and Experimental Psychology (39 degrees)
Computer Science (36 degrees)
Cognitive Science (23 degrees)
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (23 degrees)
Political Science and Government (22 degrees)
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (22 degrees)
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (20 degrees)

What is Florence-Graham, CA like to live in?

Occidental College sits in Florence-Graham, a large city of about 62,000 people in Los Angeles County, California.

The median household in Florence-Graham earns about $61,216, which is far below the California median ($96,334) but below the national median ($78,538).

Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $499,100, 28% below the California median and a typical rent of $1,475 a month is 25% under the state figure.

Commutes run long, about 35 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% take public transit.

The population skews young, with a median age of 31 against 39 nationally and 29% under 18.

8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the California average of 37%.

Frequently asked questions

Does Occidental College have a tennis program?: Yes. Occidental College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where is Occidental College?: Occidental College is in Los Angeles, CA, in the Far West region of the United States.
How much does Occidental College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,800 a year, and an average net price of $38,263 after grants and scholarships.