Rice University
Houston, TX · private, nonprofit · 4,776 undergraduates
Rice University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Rice University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Rice University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $49,549 per male athlete and $47,932 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 $20,883 per men's player, 98% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $24,466 per women's player, 139% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Rice University, in Houston, TX, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Conference.
Rice University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025. Rice University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, 19% below the American Conference median of 4.5.
Rice University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. Rice University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the American Conference median of 4, by 25%.
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 Rice University fund its athletes?
Rice University reported 408 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 253 men and 155 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $19,965,395 across all sports ($12,535,937 for men's sports, $7,429,458 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 $638,678 for men's sports and $366,581 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $2,524 and $2,365 per athlete.
What is Rice University like academically?
Rice University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 8% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1553, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $79,788 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $13,370 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 83% of the sticker price on average.
95% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 97% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $89,718, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Rice University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Engineering, is 17% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Computer & Information Sciences and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (121 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (104 degrees)
- Psychology, General (77 degrees)
- Economics (75 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (60 degrees)
- Biology, General (57 degrees)
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (49 degrees)
- Cognitive Science (48 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (38 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (37 degrees)
What is Houston, TX like to live in?
Rice University sits in Houston, a large city of about 2.3 million people in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Household incomes in Houston, a median of about $62,894, sit below the Texas median and likewise below the national one, 20% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Texas, around $253,400 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,313 a month.
Commutes average about 27 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The population skews young, with a median age of 34 against 39 nationally and 24% under 18.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Rice University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Rice University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, American Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, American Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Rice University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Rice University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I 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 Rice University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Rice University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $49,549 per male athlete and $47,932 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 Rice University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $20,883 per men's player, 98% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $24,466 per women's player, 139% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Rice University?
- Rice University is in Houston, TX, in the Southwest region of the United States.
- How much does Rice University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $79,788 a year, and an average net price of $13,370 after grants and scholarships.