Boston College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $428,576 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $1,210,007 |
How much does Boston College spend on women's tennis?
Boston College reported $1,210,007 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #54 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Boston College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Boston College's athletically related student aid averaged about $34,110 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Boston College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Boston College reported $473,572 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Boston College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Boston College reported $428,576 in total men's tennis expenses and $1,210,007 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 Boston College women's tennis roster?
Boston College listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Boston College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2022 and as high as 12 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 11.
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 | 3 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 3 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
How many coaches does Boston College women's tennis have?
Boston College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 38%.
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 Boston College spend on women's tennis?
Boston College reported $1,210,007 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 359% above the Patriot League median of $263,394.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $21,719 per player in 2025, well above the Patriot League median of $5,721, by 280%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $1,246 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Patriot League median of $620, by 101%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 50% between 2020 and 2025, from $805,003 to $1,210,007.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Boston College like academically?
Boston College is a large private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 16% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1507, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $89,493 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $41,704 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
91% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 96% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $103,937, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Boston College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 24% of degrees, followed by Social Sciences (20%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (13%).
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 (354 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (325 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (191 degrees)
- Biology, General (182 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (142 degrees)
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (138 degrees)
- Computer Science (125 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (123 degrees)
- Marketing (122 degrees)
- Psychology, General (116 degrees)
What is Newton, MA like to live in?
Boston College sits in Newton, a small city of about 89,000 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Household incomes in Newton, a median of about $184,989, sit far above the Massachusetts median and likewise far above the national one, 136% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Massachusetts: a typical home is valued around $1,202,500, 129% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,388 a month is 42% over the state figure.
Commutes average about 27 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 5% of workers walk and 9% take public transit and 29% work from home.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 42, with 21% under 18 and 19% aged 65 or over.
81% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
What other teams does Boston College field?
Boston College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Enrollment | 10,085 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Boston College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Boston College fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Patriot League and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Boston College women's tennis?
- Boston College competes in NCAA Division I in the Patriot League. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Boston College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Boston College is 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 9, based on 305 NCAA Division I programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Boston College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5.5 players per coach, 38% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Boston College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $89,493 a year, and an average net price of $41,704 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Boston College?
- Boston College is in Chestnut Hill, MA, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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