Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · private, nonprofit · 5,714 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute field?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, NY, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Liberty League.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 15 players against 11, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 15 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Liberty League median of 10, by 50%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 7.5 players per coach, well above the Liberty League median of 5, by 50%.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 12 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 11. That 2025 roster is 10% above the Liberty League median of 10, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the Liberty League median of 4.5.
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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute fund its athletes?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported 666 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 421 men and 245 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $2,786,202, about $3,375 per male athlete and $5,573 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 $116,654 for men's sports and $62,302 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $277 and $254 per athlete.
What is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute like academically?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 63% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1456, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $82,404 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $36,228 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 56% of the sticker price on average.
84% 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 $102,051, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
Engineering dominates: it accounts for 43% of degrees awarded, with Computer & Information Sciences a distant second at 21%.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Computer Science (284 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (212 degrees)
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (112 degrees)
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (107 degrees)
- Mathematics (83 degrees)
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians (80 degrees)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (70 degrees)
- Chemical Engineering (63 degrees)
- Architecture (57 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (56 degrees)
What is Green Island, NY like to live in?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sits in Green Island, a small city of about 2,966 people in Albany County, New York.
Household incomes in Green Island, a median of about $70,281, sit below the New York median and likewise below the national one, 11% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $137,300, 66% below the New York median and a typical rent of $1,081 a month is 31% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 24 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk and 10% take public transit.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.5 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the New York average of 40%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have a tennis program?
- Yes. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Liberty League) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Liberty League), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is in Troy, NY, in the Mid East region of the United States.
- How much does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,404 a year, and an average net price of $36,228 after grants and scholarships.