Westmont College
Santa Barbara, CA · private, nonprofit · 1,302 undergraduates
Westmont College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Westmont College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 12 on the women's, 33% above the NCAA Division II median of 9. Westmont College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,493 per male athlete and $6,832 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 $3,953 per men's player, 63% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $2,667 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Westmont College, in Santa Barbara, CA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Pacific West Conference.
Westmont College's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2021 and as high as 12 in 2025, and ended 2025 at 12. Westmont College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 23% below the NCAA Division II median of 5.2.
Westmont College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. Westmont College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the Pacific West Conference median of 5.
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 Westmont College fund its athletes?
Westmont College reported 319 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 160 men and 159 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $2,285,238 across all sports ($1,198,931 for men's sports, $1,086,307 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 $12,363 for men's sports and $20,949 for women's, tilted toward the women's side, or about $77 and $132 per athlete.
What is Westmont College like academically?
Westmont College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 77% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1328, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $71,150 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,053 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 59% of the sticker price on average.
70% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 85% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $64,778, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Westmont College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 15% of degrees, with Parks, Recreation & Fitness, Health Professions 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/Managerial Economics (39 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (36 degrees)
- Biology, General (34 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (29 degrees)
- Psychology, General (21 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (16 degrees)
- Chemistry (16 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (13 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (12 degrees)
- Sociology (12 degrees)
What is Santa Barbara, CA like to live in?
Westmont College sits in Santa Barbara, a suburb of about 88,000 people in Santa Barbara County, California.
The median household in Santa Barbara earns about $101,672, which is about the California median ($96,334) but far above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of California: a typical home is valued around $1,466,400, 111% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,302 a month is 18% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 17% work from home.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 39, with 17% under 18 and 20% aged 65 or over.
50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the California average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Westmont College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Westmont College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Pacific West Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Pacific West Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Westmont College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Westmont College listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 12 on the women's, 33% above the NCAA Division II 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 Westmont College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Westmont College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,493 per male athlete and $6,832 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 Westmont College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $3,953 per men's player, 63% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $2,667 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $2,622. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Westmont College?
- Westmont College is in Santa Barbara, CA, in the Far West region of the United States.
- How much does Westmont College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $71,150 a year, and an average net price of $29,053 after grants and scholarships.