Bucknell University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $289,320 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $222,235 |
How much does Bucknell University spend on women's tennis?
Bucknell University reported $222,235 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #412 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Bucknell University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bucknell University's athletically related student aid averaged about $25,709 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Bucknell University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Bucknell University reported $166,362 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Bucknell University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bucknell University reported $289,320 in total men's tennis expenses and $222,235 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Pennsylvania earn NIL money?
Pennsylvania's Act 26 of 2021 allows college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.piaa.org/news/details.aspx?ID=4102.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Bucknell University women's tennis roster?
Bucknell University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Bucknell University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 10 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 | 9 | 1 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 |
How many coaches does Bucknell University women's tennis have?
Bucknell University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 10 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 150%.
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 Bucknell University spend on women's tennis?
Bucknell University reported $222,235 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 59% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $4,838 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 53%.
Against the Patriot League median it is 15% below the Patriot League median of $5,721.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $457 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 56%.
Total women's tennis expenses fell 30% between 2020 and 2025, from $319,255 to $222,235.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Bucknell University like academically?
Bucknell University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 29% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1410, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $83,756 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $40,766 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 51% of the sticker price on average.
86% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 94% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $93,807, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Bucknell University?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Engineering (19%) and Business, Management & Marketing (16%).
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 (133 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (97 degrees)
- Psychology, General (93 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (74 degrees)
- Biology, General (64 degrees)
- Marketing (36 degrees)
- Computer Engineering (32 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (26 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (26 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (25 degrees)
What is Lewisburg, PA like to live in?
Bucknell University sits in Lewisburg, a town well outside any metro area of about 5,247 people in Union County, Pennsylvania.
Household incomes in Lewisburg, a median of about $51,674, sit far below the Pennsylvania median and likewise far below the national one, 34% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Pennsylvania, around $234,100 and a typical rent of $941 a month is 19% 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 32% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 19% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.9 times the national share, and the median age of 27 is younger than the country's 39.
43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Pennsylvania average of 35%.
What other teams does Bucknell University field?
Bucknell 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 | Lewisburg, PA |
| Enrollment | 3,876 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Bucknell University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Bucknell University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Patriot League and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Bucknell University women's tennis?
- Bucknell 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 Bucknell University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Bucknell University is 11% 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 Bucknell University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 10 players per coach, 150% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Bucknell University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $83,756 a year, and an average net price of $40,766 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Bucknell University?
- Bucknell University is in Lewisburg, PA, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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