Boston University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $133,484 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $1,028,398 |
How much does Boston University spend on women's tennis?
Boston University reported $1,028,398 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #68 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Boston University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Boston University's athletically related student aid averaged about $36,862 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Boston University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Boston University reported $220,187 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Boston University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Boston University reported $133,484 in total men's tennis expenses and $1,028,398 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 University women's tennis roster?
Boston University listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Boston University's women's tennis roster has stayed between 10 and 12 players since 2020, and stood at 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 | 12 | 3 |
| 2021 | 12 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 |
| 2023 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 |
How many coaches does Boston University women's tennis have?
Boston University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, well below the Patriot League median of 5.5, by 33%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Boston University spend on women's tennis?
Boston University reported $1,028,398 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 290% above the Patriot League median of $263,394.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $11,847 per player in 2025, well above the Patriot League median of $5,721, by 107%.
Against the NCAA Division I median it is 16% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $644 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 38%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 27% between 2020 and 2025, from $811,533 to $1,028,398.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Boston University like academically?
Boston University is a large private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 11% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1480, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $86,285 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $24,402 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 72% of the sticker price on average.
89% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 95% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $83,238, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Boston University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 17% of degrees, with Social Sciences, Communication & Journalism and others close behind.
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.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (678 degrees)
- Economics (305 degrees)
- Computer Science (294 degrees)
- Psychology, General (276 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (276 degrees)
- International Relations and National Security Studies (233 degrees)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (203 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (179 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (156 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (151 degrees)
What is Boston, MA like to live in?
Boston University sits in Boston, a large city of about 664,000 people in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Boston earns about $94,755, which is about the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Massachusetts: a typical home is valued around $710,400, 35% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,093 a month is 24% over the state figure.
Commutes run long, about 30 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 14% of workers walk and 24% take public transit and 19% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.5 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
What other teams does Boston University field?
Boston University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Boston, MA |
| Enrollment | 18,248 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Boston University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Boston University 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 University women's tennis?
- Boston University 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 University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Boston University 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 University women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 3.7 players per coach, 33% below the Patriot League median of 5.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Boston University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $86,285 a year, and an average net price of $24,402 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Boston University?
- Boston University is in Boston, MA, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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