Providence College
Providence, RI · private, nonprofit · 4,229 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Providence College field?
Providence College, in Providence, RI, fields one tennis team, women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Frontier Conference.
The latest Equity in Athletics filing lists 11 on the women's side in 2025.
Providence College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 9, and about the same distance from the national median. Providence College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 38%.
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 Providence College fund its athletes?
Providence College reported 413 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 199 men and 214 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $13,626,509, about $28,440 per male athlete and $37,229 per female athlete across all sports; 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 $499,746 for men's sports and $343,726 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $2,511 and $1,606 per athlete.
What is Providence College like academically?
Providence College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 51% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1346, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $80,466 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $48,523 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 40% of the sticker price on average.
86% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 94% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $87,054, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Providence College?
Business, Management & Marketing dominates: it accounts for 44% of degrees awarded, with Social Sciences a distant second at 12%.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Finance and Financial Management Services (207 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (102 degrees)
- Psychology, General (102 degrees)
- Marketing (93 degrees)
- Biology, General (91 degrees)
- Economics (79 degrees)
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (74 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (68 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (67 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (35 degrees)
What is Providence, RI like to live in?
Providence College sits in Providence, a mid-sized city of about 190,000 people in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Household incomes in Providence, a median of about $66,772, sit below the Rhode Island median and likewise below the national one, 15% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $322,800, 12% below the Rhode Island median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,333 a month.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 7% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.7 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Providence College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Providence College fields women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Frontier Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Providence College?
- Providence College is in Providence, RI, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Providence College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $80,466 a year, and an average net price of $48,523 after grants and scholarships.