Ripon College
Ripon, WI · private, nonprofit · 688 undergraduates
Ripon College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Ripon College listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 33% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 16 on the women's, 60% above the NCAA Division III median of 10. Ripon College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,036 per men's player, 46% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $868 per women's player, 51% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Ripon College, in Ripon, WI, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Midwest Conference.
Ripon College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Ripon College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 50%.
Ripon College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 16 in 2025. Ripon College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 16 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 220%.
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 Ripon College fund its athletes?
Ripon College reported 383 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 244 men and 139 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
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 $26,450 for men's sports and $17,141 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $108 and $123 per athlete.
What is Ripon College like academically?
Ripon College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 80% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1176, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $63,540 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,216 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 68% of the sticker price on average.
63% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 72% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $54,902, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Ripon College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 16% of degrees, with Parks, Recreation & Fitness, Education and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Psychology, General (20 degrees)
- Biology, General (15 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (14 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (13 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (12 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (12 degrees)
- Chemistry (11 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (11 degrees)
- Biopsychology (10 degrees)
- History (7 degrees)
What is Ripon, WI like to live in?
Ripon College sits in Ripon, a town well outside any metro area of about 7,803 people in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Household incomes in Ripon, a median of about $59,063, sit below the Wisconsin median and likewise below the national one, 25% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $161,500, 35% below the Wisconsin median and a typical rent of $708 a month is 32% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 43 against 39, with 24% aged 65 or over.
25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Wisconsin average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Ripon College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Ripon College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Midwest Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Midwest Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Ripon College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Ripon College listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 33% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 16 on the women's, 60% above the NCAA Division III median of 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Ripon College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Ripon College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Ripon College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,036 per men's player, 46% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $868 per women's player, 51% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Ripon College?
- Ripon College is in Ripon, WI, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Ripon College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $63,540 a year, and an average net price of $20,216 after grants and scholarships.