St Olaf College
Northfield, MN · private, nonprofit · 3,093 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does St Olaf College field?
St Olaf College, in Northfield, MN, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
The women's roster is the larger of the two, 12 players against 10, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
St Olaf College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 16 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 17% below the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 12, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. St Olaf College lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 53%.
St Olaf College's women's tennis roster has stayed between 10 and 12 players since 2020, and stood at 12 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 10, and in line with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11. St Olaf College lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 40%.
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 St Olaf College fund its athletes?
St Olaf College reported 584 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 339 men and 245 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 $35,793 for men's sports and $23,647 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $106 and $97 per athlete.
What is St Olaf College like academically?
St Olaf College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1380, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $71,843 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $23,874 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 67% of the sticker price on average.
84% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 92% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $65,543, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at St Olaf College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Social Sciences, is 17% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Visual & Performing Arts and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Biology, General (111 degrees)
- Economics (80 degrees)
- Mathematics (75 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (75 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (67 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (50 degrees)
- Music (47 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (39 degrees)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (32 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (31 degrees)
What is Northfield, MN like to live in?
St Olaf College sits in Northfield, a town well outside any metro area of about 21,000 people in Rice County, Minnesota.
The median household in Northfield earns about $92,000, which is about the Minnesota median ($87,556) but above the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Minnesota, around $305,300 and a typical rent of $1,036 a month is 16% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 17% of workers walk and 20% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.4 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Minnesota average of 39%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does St Olaf College have a tennis program?
- Yes. St Olaf College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is St Olaf College?
- St Olaf College is in Northfield, MN, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does St Olaf College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $71,843 a year, and an average net price of $23,874 after grants and scholarships.