Carleton College

How big is the Carleton College men's tennis roster?

Carleton College listed 9 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 25% below the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 12.

Carleton College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 14 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.

How many coaches does Carleton College men's tennis have?

Carleton College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 44%.

Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.

What does Carleton College spend on men's tennis?

Carleton College reported $144,000 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 133% above the NCAA Division III median of $61,890.

Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $4,223 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, by 120%.

Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $220 per male athlete in 2025, well above the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $106, by 108%.

Total men's tennis expenses rose 132% between 2020 and 2025, from $62,058 to $144,000.

NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.

What is Carleton College like academically?

Carleton College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 20% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1517, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $84,893 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $25,407 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 70% of the sticker price on average.

90% 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 $75,525, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Carleton College?

Social Sciences is the largest field at 20% of degrees, followed by Computer & Information Sciences (16%) and Physical 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.

• Computer Science (59 degrees)
• Biology, General (59 degrees)
• International Relations and National Security Studies (56 degrees)
• Research and Experimental Psychology (43 degrees)
• Mathematics (38 degrees)
• Economics (34 degrees)
• Chemistry (33 degrees)
• Physics (28 degrees)
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (18 degrees)
• Film/Video and Photographic Arts (18 degrees)

What is Northfield, MN like to live in?

Carleton College sits in Northfield, a town well outside any metro area of about 21,000 people in Rice County, Minnesota.

The median household in Northfield earns about $92,000, which is about the Minnesota median ($87,556) but above the national median ($78,538).

Home values are in step with the rest of Minnesota, around $305,300 and a typical rent of $1,036 a month is 16% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 17% of workers walk and 20% work from home.

It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.4 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.

52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Minnesota average of 39%.

What other teams does Carleton College field?

Carleton College also fields one other team with a public profile here.

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