Yale University
New Haven, CT · private, nonprofit · 6,758 undergraduates
Yale University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Yale University listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both above their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Yale University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $12,097 per men's player, 15% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $12,658 per women's player, 24% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Yale University, in New Haven, CT, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Ivy League.
Yale University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2023 and as high as 13 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 12. Yale University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
Yale University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 11 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 10. Yale University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 38%.
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 Yale University fund its athletes?
Yale University reported 936 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 518 men and 418 women, close to an even split.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division I: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $961,593 for men's sports and $429,111 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $1,856 and $1,027 per athlete.
What is Yale University like academically?
Yale University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 4% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1534, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $88,300 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $23,777 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 73% of the sticker price on average.
96% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 99% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $100,533, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Yale University?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (12%) and Computer & Information Sciences (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Economics (204 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (137 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (121 degrees)
- History (94 degrees)
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (89 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (81 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (68 degrees)
- Mathematics (59 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (56 degrees)
- Statistics (56 degrees)
What is New Haven, CT like to live in?
Yale University sits in New Haven, a mid-sized city of about 133,000 people in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut.
Household incomes in New Haven, a median of about $53,771, sit far below the Connecticut median and likewise far below the national one, 32% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $249,000, 27% below the Connecticut median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,442 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 21 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 12% of workers walk and 7% take public transit.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.
38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Connecticut average of 42%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Yale University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Yale University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Ivy League) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Ivy League), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Yale University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Yale University listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both above their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Yale University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Yale University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing; 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 Yale University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $12,097 per men's player, 15% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $12,658 per women's player, 24% above 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 Yale University?
- Yale University is in New Haven, CT, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Yale University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $88,300 a year, and an average net price of $23,777 after grants and scholarships.