Purdue University-Main Campus
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Which tennis teams does Purdue University-Main Campus field?
Purdue University-Main Campus, in West Lafayette, IN, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
The women's roster is the larger of the two, 11 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Purdue University-Main Campus's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and about the same distance from the Big Ten Conference median. Purdue University-Main Campus lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
Purdue University-Main Campus'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 Big Ten Conference median. Purdue University-Main Campus lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, well above the Big Ten Conference median of 3.8, by 43%.
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 Purdue University-Main Campus fund its athletes?
Purdue University-Main Campus reported 540 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 322 men and 218 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $12,831,069, about $24,515 per male athlete and $22,648 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 $2,330,766 for men's sports and $593,331 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $7,238 and $2,722 per athlete.
What is Purdue University-Main Campus like academically?
Purdue University-Main Campus is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 50% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1364, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $24,591 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $14,600 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 41% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $9,992 for IN residents and $28,794 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
83% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 93% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $72,424, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Purdue University-Main Campus?
Engineering is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (16%) and Computer & Information Sciences (11%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Computer Science (439 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (430 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (307 degrees)
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (298 degrees)
- Computer Engineering (297 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (285 degrees)
- Industrial Engineering (262 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (259 degrees)
- Biology, General (242 degrees)
- Computer Software and Media Applications (233 degrees)
What is West Lafayette, IN like to live in?
Purdue University-Main Campus sits in West Lafayette, a small city of about 45,000 people in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Household incomes in West Lafayette, a median of about $33,497, sit far below the Indiana median and likewise far below the national one, 57% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Indiana: a typical home is valued around $318,100, 58% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,152 a month is 13% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 15 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 25% of workers walk and 6% take public transit.
It reads as a college town: 36% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 5.6 times the national share, and the median age of 21 is younger than the country's 39.
71% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Indiana average of 29%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Purdue University-Main Campus have a tennis program?
- Yes. Purdue University-Main Campus fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big Ten Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big Ten Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Purdue University-Main Campus?
- Purdue University-Main Campus is in West Lafayette, IN, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Purdue University-Main Campus cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $24,591 a year, and an average net price of $14,600 after grants and scholarships.