Carleton College

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

Carleton College listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 10% above the NCAA Division III median of 10.

Carleton College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 11 in 2025 and as high as 14 in 2022, 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.

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

Carleton 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 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 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 Carleton College spend on women's tennis?

Carleton College reported $115,370 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 99% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.

Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,683 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 50%.

Against the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median it is 20% above the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $2,229.

Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $107 per female athlete in 2025, 11% below the NCAA Division III median of $119.

Total women's tennis expenses have stayed close to $115,370 a year since 2020.

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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