Bates College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $204,185 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $153,571 |
How much does Bates College spend on women's tennis?
Bates College reported $153,571 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #540 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Bates College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bates 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 Bates College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Bates College reported $41,109 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Bates College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bates College reported $204,185 in total men's tennis expenses and $153,571 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Maine earn NIL money?
Maine's college NIL law (LD 1893, signed March 31, 2022) protects college athletes' right to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://mpaprof.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MPA-Handbook.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Bates College women's tennis roster?
Bates College listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 11.
Bates College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 14 in 2020.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | 2 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | 15 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 |
How many coaches does Bates College women's tennis have?
Bates College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 20% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 6.3.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Bates College spend on women's tennis?
Bates College reported $153,571 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 165% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $4,285 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 140%.
Against the New England Small College Athletic Conference median it is well below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of $6,040, by 29%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $133 per female athlete in 2025, well below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of $223, by 40%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 34% between 2020 and 2025, from $114,800 to $153,571.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Bates College like academically?
Bates College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 13% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1468, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $83,532 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,351 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 65% of the sticker price on average.
90% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 91% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $69,498, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Bates College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 29% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (21%) and Psychology (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.
- Research and Experimental Psychology (83 degrees)
- Economics (68 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (57 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (40 degrees)
- Biology, General (37 degrees)
- Sociology (35 degrees)
- Mathematics (27 degrees)
- History (26 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (21 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (20 degrees)
What is Lewiston, ME like to live in?
Bates College sits in Lewiston, a small city of about 38,000 people in Androscoggin County, Maine.
The median household in Lewiston earns about $56,558, which is below the Maine median ($71,773) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $214,200, 20% below the Maine median and a typical rent of $954 a month is 12% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 21 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% of workers walk.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 22% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Maine average of 35%.
What other teams does Bates College field?
Bates 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 | Lewiston, ME |
| Enrollment | 1,760 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Bates College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Bates College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the New England Small College Athletic Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Bates College women's tennis?
- Bates 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 Bates College women's tennis roster compare with other New England Small College Athletic Conference programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Bates College is in line with the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 10 New England Small College Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Bates College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5 players per coach, 20% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 6.3.
- How much does it cost to attend Bates College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $83,532 a year, and an average net price of $29,351 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Bates College?
- Bates College is in Lewiston, ME, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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