Alma College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $43,714 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $43,779 |
How much does Alma College spend on women's tennis?
Alma College reported $43,779 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #911 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Alma College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Alma College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Alma College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Alma College reported $28,272 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Alma College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Alma College reported $43,714 in total men's tennis expenses and $43,779 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Michigan earn NIL money?
Michigan's 2020 NIL law (HB 5217), effective December 31, 2022, allows college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.mhsaa.com/students/name-image-likeness.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Alma College women's tennis roster?
Alma College listed 12 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 10.
Alma College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2023 and as high as 15 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 12.
A larger squad usually means more competition for lineup spots and a deeper bench for a coach to draw on.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | 2 |
| 2021 | 15 | 3 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 |
How many coaches does Alma College women's tennis have?
Alma College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
More players per coach generally means practice time is shared more widely and an assistant or volunteer coach carries more of the day-to-day work.
What does Alma College spend on women's tennis?
Alma College reported $43,779 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 28% below the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association median of $60,779.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,268 per player in 2025, well below the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association median of $1,796, by 29%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $88 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 27%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 64% between 2020 and 2025, from $26,662 to $43,779.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Alma College like academically?
Alma College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 57% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $63,650 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,694 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 67% of the sticker price on average.
63% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 85% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $54,742, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Alma College?
Biological & Biomedical Sciences is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (22%) and Education (11%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data; a recruit should ask the coach how practice and travel fit around a specific major’s lab or clinical hours.
- Psychology, General (40 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (31 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (22 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (21 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (21 degrees)
- Biology, General (19 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (17 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (14 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (13 degrees)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (13 degrees)
What is Alma, MI like to live in?
Alma College sits in Alma, a town well outside any metro area of about 9,421 people in Gratiot County, Michigan.
Household incomes in Alma, a median of about $50,506, sit far below the Michigan median and likewise far below the national one, 36% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $108,100, 50% below the Michigan median and a typical rent of $791 a month is 27% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 8% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 12% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.8 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Michigan average of 32%.
What other teams does Alma College field?
Alma College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Alma, MI |
| Enrollment | 1,148 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Alma College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Alma College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association and reported 12 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Alma College women's tennis?
- Alma College competes in NCAA Division III in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Alma College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 12 players in 2025, Alma College is 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 10, based on 313 NCAA Division III programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Alma College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Alma College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $63,650 a year, and an average net price of $20,694 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Alma College?
- Alma College is in Alma, MI, in the Great Lakes region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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