Amherst College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $285,431 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $359,283 |
How much does Amherst College spend on women's tennis?
Amherst College reported $359,283 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #271 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Amherst College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Amherst 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 Amherst College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Amherst College reported $68,244 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Amherst College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Amherst College reported $285,431 in total men's tennis expenses and $359,283 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Massachusetts earn NIL money?
Massachusetts enacted college NIL protections in January 2021 as part of a broader economic development law allowing college athletes to be paid for their name, image, and likeness. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.miaa.net/sites/default/files/2025-06/miaa-handbook-25-27.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Amherst College women's tennis roster?
Amherst College listed 13 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 30% above the NCAA Division III median of 10.
Amherst College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 11 in 2021 and as high as 14 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 13.
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 | 12 | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022 | 14 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2 |
How many coaches does Amherst College women's tennis have?
Amherst College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 6.5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 30%.
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 Amherst College spend on women's tennis?
Amherst College reported $359,283 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 520% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $8,668 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 385%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $256 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 114%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 55% between 2020 and 2025, from $231,078 to $359,283.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Amherst College like academically?
Amherst College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 9% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1533, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $87,640 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $23,367 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 73% of the sticker price on average.
94% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 97% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $77,644, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Amherst College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (16%) 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; a recruit should ask the coach how practice and travel fit around a specific major’s lab or clinical hours.
- Economics (91 degrees)
- Mathematics (89 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (61 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (61 degrees)
- Computer Science (55 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (41 degrees)
- Biology, General (31 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (27 degrees)
- Area Studies (27 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (25 degrees)
What is Amherst Town, MA like to live in?
Amherst College sits in Amherst Town, a small city of about 35,000 people in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Amherst Town earns about $65,938, which is far below the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $454,000, 14% below the Massachusetts median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,570 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 22% of workers walk and 8% take public transit and 19% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 34% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 5.2 times the national share, and the median age of 21 is younger than the country's 39.
74% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
What other teams does Amherst College field?
Amherst College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | New England Small College Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Amherst, MA |
| Enrollment | 1,911 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Amherst College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Amherst College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the New England Small College Athletic Conference and reported 13 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Amherst College women's tennis?
- Amherst College competes in NCAA Division III in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Amherst College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 13 players in 2025, Amherst College is 30% 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 Amherst College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 6.5 players per coach, 30% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Amherst College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $87,640 a year, and an average net price of $23,367 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Amherst College?
- Amherst College is in Amherst, MA, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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