Bard College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $68,396 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $71,132 |
How much does Bard College spend on men's tennis?
Bard College reported $68,396 in total men's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #660 of 962 men's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Bard College offer athletic scholarships for men's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bard College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per men's athlete across all men's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Bard College spend on recruiting men's athletes?
Bard College reported $42,410 in total recruiting expenses for men's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all men's sports).
How does Bard College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bard College reported $68,396 in total men's tennis expenses and $71,132 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in New York earn NIL money?
New York's Collegiate Athletic Participation Compensation Act (2022, amended 2024) guarantees college athletes the right to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://nysphsaa.org/documents/2023/8/21/NYSPHSAA_Handbook_Aug_2025.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Bard College men's tennis roster?
Bard College listed 8 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 33% below the NCAA Division III median of 12.
Bard College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020.
A smaller squad usually means each recruit is closer to the lineup, and one injury or transfer changes the team's season more.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 |
How many coaches does Bard College men's tennis have?
Bard College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 25%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Bard College spend on men's tennis?
Bard College reported $68,396 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 43% below the Liberty League median of $119,917.
Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $2,052 per player in 2025, well below the Liberty League median of $3,683, by 44%.
Against the NCAA Division III median it is in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,918.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $277 per male athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $120, by 131%.
Total men's tennis expenses rose 90% between 2020 and 2025, from $35,927 to $68,396.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Bard College like academically?
Bard College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 52% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1380, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $84,553 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $34,649 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 59% of the sticker price on average.
68% 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 $46,543, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Bard College?
Visual & Performing Arts is the largest field at 26% of degrees, followed by Liberal Arts & Sciences (25%) and Social Sciences (22%).
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.
- Fine and Studio Arts (138 degrees)
- Social Sciences, General (125 degrees)
- Biological and Physical Sciences (77 degrees)
- English Language and Literature/Letters, Other (70 degrees)
- Music (13 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (1 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (1 degrees)
- Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
- Computer Science
- Physics
What is Annandale-On-Hudson, NY like to live in?
Bard College sits in Annandale-On-Hudson, a rural area near a metro in Dutchess County, New York.
Household incomes in Dutchess County, a median of about $97,273, sit above the New York median and likewise above the national one, 24% higher than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of New York, around $368,100 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,522 a month.
Commutes run long, about 31 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 43 against 39, with 19% aged 65 or over.
What other teams does Bard College field?
Bard College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Liberty League |
| Sport | Men's Tennis |
| Location | Annandale-On-Hudson, NY |
| Enrollment | 2,414 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Bard College have a men's tennis team?
- Yes. Bard College fields a NCAA Division III men's tennis team in the Liberty League and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Bard College men's tennis?
- Bard College competes in NCAA Division III in the Liberty League. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Bard College men's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Bard College is 33% below the NCAA Division III median of 12, based on 287 NCAA Division III programs that reported men's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Bard College men's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4 players per coach, 25% below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3.
- How much does it cost to attend Bard College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,553 a year, and an average net price of $34,649 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Bard College?
- Bard College is in Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a rural area.
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