Thomas College
Waterville, ME · private, nonprofit · 647 undergraduates
Thomas College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Thomas College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 7 on the women's, 30% below the NCAA Division III median of 10. Thomas 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 $892 per men's player, 53% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $684 per women's player, 62% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Thomas College, in Waterville, ME, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the North Atlantic Conference and the Southern States Athletic Conference.
Thomas College's men's tennis roster has grown over 4 years, from 7 players in 2021 to 12 in 2025. Thomas College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 12 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 125%.
Thomas College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. Thomas College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 30%.
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 Thomas College fund its athletes?
Thomas College reported 351 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 220 men and 131 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 $29,263 for men's sports and $24,836 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $133 and $190 per athlete.
What is Thomas College like academically?
Thomas College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 96% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,198 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $18,885 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 60% of the sticker price on average.
54% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 77% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $44,991, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Thomas College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 35% of degrees, followed by Education (11%) and Psychology (11%).
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 (33 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (26 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (25 degrees)
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (20 degrees)
- Psychology, General (18 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (16 degrees)
- Computer Science (11 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (10 degrees)
- Marketing (9 degrees)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (7 degrees)
What is Waterville, ME like to live in?
Thomas College sits in Waterville, a remote town of about 17,000 people in Kennebec County, Maine.
Household incomes in Waterville, a median of about $47,489, sit far below the Maine median and likewise far below the national one, 40% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $173,700, 35% below the Maine median and a typical rent of $957 a month is 12% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 9% of workers walk and 16% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.0 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Thomas College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Thomas College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, North Atlantic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern States Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Thomas College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Thomas College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 7 on the women's, 30% below 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 Thomas College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Thomas 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 Thomas College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $892 per men's player, 53% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $684 per women's player, 62% 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 Thomas College?
- Thomas College is in Waterville, ME, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Thomas College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,198 a year, and an average net price of $18,885 after grants and scholarships.