Bridgewater College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $45,029 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $41,226 |
How much does Bridgewater College spend on women's tennis?
Bridgewater College reported $41,226 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #924 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Bridgewater College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Bridgewater College reported $40,305 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Bridgewater College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bridgewater College reported $45,029 in total men's tennis expenses and $41,226 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Virginia earn NIL money?
Virginia Code Section 23.1-408.1 protects college athletes' NIL rights, and 2024 amendments allow institutions to directly compensate athletes for NIL. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.vhsl.org/vhsl-nil-policy-digital-course/.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Bridgewater College women's tennis roster?
Bridgewater College listed 7 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 30% below the NCAA Division III median of 10.
Bridgewater College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 10 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 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 |
How many coaches does Bridgewater College women's tennis have?
Bridgewater College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 5, by 30%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Bridgewater College spend on women's tennis?
Bridgewater College reported $41,226 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 39% below the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of $67,661.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,111 per player in 2025, well above the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of $1,625, by 30%.
Against the NCAA Division III median it is 18% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $214 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of $112, by 91%.
Total women's tennis expenses have swung between $33,064 (2021) and $43,856 (2024) without a clear direction.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Bridgewater College like academically?
Bridgewater College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 92% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1180, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $58,702 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,800 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 70% of the sticker price on average.
53% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 75% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $53,453, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Bridgewater College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Parks, Recreation & Fitness, is 19% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Visual & Performing Arts 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 (60 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (49 degrees)
- Biology, General (28 degrees)
- Psychology, General (24 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (19 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (16 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (14 degrees)
- Sociology (13 degrees)
- History (13 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (11 degrees)
What is Bridgewater, VA like to live in?
Bridgewater College sits in Bridgewater, a suburb of about 6,650 people in Rockingham County, Virginia.
The median household in Bridgewater earns about $81,012, which is below the Virginia median ($90,974) but about the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Virginia, around $372,400 and a typical rent of $1,141 a month is 25% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 13 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 15% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.2 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.
49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Virginia average of 42%.
What other teams does Bridgewater College field?
Bridgewater College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Old Dominion Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Bridgewater, VA |
| Enrollment | 1,400 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Bridgewater College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Bridgewater College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and reported 7 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Bridgewater College women's tennis?
- Bridgewater College competes in NCAA Division III in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Bridgewater College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 7 players in 2025, Bridgewater College is 30% below the NCAA Division III median of 10, based on 313 NCAA Division III programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Bridgewater College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 3.5 players per coach, 30% below the Old Dominion Athletic Conference median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Bridgewater College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $58,702 a year, and an average net price of $17,800 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Bridgewater College?
- Bridgewater College is in Bridgewater, VA, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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