Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · private, nonprofit · 6,552 undergraduates
Santa Clara University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Santa Clara University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. Santa Clara University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $24,586 per male athlete and $22,334 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 $10,153 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $6,493 per women's player, 37% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Santa Clara University, in Santa Clara, CA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the West Coast Conference.
Santa Clara University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. Santa Clara University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well above the West Coast Conference median of 3.4, by 32%.
Santa Clara University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 13 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 10. Santa Clara University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I 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 Santa Clara University fund its athletes?
Santa Clara University reported 396 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 198 men and 198 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $9,290,191 across all sports ($4,868,082 for men's sports, $4,422,109 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 $310,697 for men's sports and $313,313 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $1,569 and $1,582 per athlete.
What is Santa Clara University like academically?
Santa Clara University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1426, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $82,026 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $50,062 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 39% of the sticker price on average.
88% 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 $109,183, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Santa Clara University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Engineering (15%) and Social Sciences (11%).
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 (160 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (137 degrees)
- Psychology, General (122 degrees)
- Economics (108 degrees)
- Mathematics and Computer Science (107 degrees)
- Computer Engineering (83 degrees)
- Biology, General (81 degrees)
- Marketing (79 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (72 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (67 degrees)
What is Santa Clara, CA like to live in?
Santa Clara University sits in Santa Clara, a mid-sized city of about 129,000 people in Santa Clara County, California.
Household incomes in Santa Clara, a median of about $173,670, sit far above the California median and likewise far above the national one, 121% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of California: a typical home is valued around $1,527,900, 120% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,985 a month is 53% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 24% work from home.
The population skews young, with a median age of 35 against 39 nationally and 18% under 18.
65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the California average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Santa Clara University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Santa Clara University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, West Coast Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, West Coast Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Santa Clara University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Santa Clara University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above 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 Santa Clara University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Santa Clara University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $24,586 per male athlete and $22,334 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 Santa Clara University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $10,153 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $6,493 per women's player, 37% below 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 Santa Clara University?
- Santa Clara University is in Santa Clara, CA, in the Far West region of the United States.
- How much does Santa Clara University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,026 a year, and an average net price of $50,062 after grants and scholarships.