Thiel College
Greenville, PA · private, nonprofit · 788 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Thiel College field?
Thiel College, in Greenville, PA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 8 players against 6, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Thiel College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well below the NCAA Division III median of 12, by 33%, and 20% below the Presidents' Athletic Conference median of 10. Thiel 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%.
Thiel College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Presidents' Athletic Conference median of 13, by 54%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Thiel College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, well below the Presidents' Athletic Conference median of 8.3, by 27%.
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 Thiel College fund its athletes?
Thiel College reported 373 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 264 men and 109 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 $22,802 for men's sports and $12,777 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $86 and $117 per athlete.
What is Thiel College like academically?
Thiel College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 72% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $53,202 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,347 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 58% of the sticker price on average.
41% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
49% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 73% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $49,714, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Thiel College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 19% of degrees, with Education, Biological & Biomedical 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.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (29 degrees)
- Psychology, General (16 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (15 degrees)
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other (10 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (10 degrees)
- Sociology (7 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (7 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (7 degrees)
- Biology, General (6 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (6 degrees)
What is Greenville, PA like to live in?
Thiel College sits in Greenville, a town well outside any metro area of about 5,533 people in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Household incomes in Greenville, a median of about $56,850, sit far below the Pennsylvania median and likewise far below the national one, 28% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $98,200, 59% below the Pennsylvania median and a typical rent of $616 a month is 47% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 10% of workers walk.
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 33 is younger than the country's 39.
26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Pennsylvania average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Thiel College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Thiel College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Presidents' Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Presidents' Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Thiel College?
- Thiel College is in Greenville, PA, in the Mid East region of the United States.
- How much does Thiel College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $53,202 a year, and an average net price of $22,347 after grants and scholarships.