Bentley University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $64,940 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $59,943 |
How much does Bentley University spend on women's tennis?
Bentley University reported $59,943 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #821 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Bentley University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bentley University's athletically related student aid averaged about $9,341 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Bentley University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Bentley University reported $22,815 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Bentley University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bentley University reported $64,940 in total men's tennis expenses and $59,943 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 Bentley University women's tennis roster?
Bentley University listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% above the NCAA Division II median of 9.
Bentley University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025.
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 | 8 | 2 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
How many coaches does Bentley University women's tennis have?
Bentley University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 10% above the NCAA Division II 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 Bentley University spend on women's tennis?
Bentley University reported $59,943 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 67% below the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,027 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division II median of $2,622, by 61%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $105 per female athlete in 2025, 13% below the NCAA Division II median of $120.
Total women's tennis expenses have swung between $50,640 (2021) and $64,350 (2024) without a clear direction.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Bentley University like academically?
Bentley University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 45% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1352, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $79,548 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $37,930 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.
87% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 93% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $120,959, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Bentley University?
Business, Management & Marketing dominates: it accounts for 92% of degrees awarded, with Computer & Information Sciences a distant second at 5%.
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.
- Finance and Financial Management Services (244 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (231 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (170 degrees)
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (152 degrees)
- Marketing (122 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (80 degrees)
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (78 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (61 degrees)
- Business/Managerial Economics (37 degrees)
- Business/Corporate Communications (28 degrees)
What is Waltham, MA like to live in?
Bentley University sits in Waltham, a small city of about 65,000 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Waltham earns about $116,560, which is above the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but far above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Massachusetts: a typical home is valued around $705,700, 34% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,232 a month is 32% over the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 6% of workers walk and 5% take public transit and 20% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.9 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is close to the country's 39.
56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
What other teams does Bentley University field?
Bentley University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Atlantic Hockey America |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Waltham, MA |
| Enrollment | 4,474 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Bentley University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Bentley University fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Atlantic Hockey America and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Bentley University women's tennis?
- Bentley University competes in NCAA Division II in the Atlantic Hockey America. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Bentley University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division II programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Bentley University is 22% above the NCAA Division II median of 9, based on 196 NCAA Division II programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Bentley University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5.5 players per coach, 10% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Bentley University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $79,548 a year, and an average net price of $37,930 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Bentley University?
- Bentley University is in Waltham, MA, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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