Carnegie Mellon University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $193,505 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $187,464 |
How much does Carnegie Mellon University spend on women's tennis?
Carnegie Mellon University reported $187,464 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #468 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Carnegie Mellon University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Carnegie Mellon University'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 Carnegie Mellon University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Carnegie Mellon University reported $65,580 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Carnegie Mellon University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Carnegie Mellon University reported $193,505 in total men's tennis expenses and $187,464 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 Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis roster?
Carnegie Mellon University listed 12 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 10.
Carnegie Mellon University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 12 players in 2025, down from 14 in 2020.
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 | 14 | 2 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1 |
| 2022 | 15 | 2 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 |
How many coaches does Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis have?
Carnegie Mellon University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
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 Carnegie Mellon University spend on women's tennis?
Carnegie Mellon University reported $187,464 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 224% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $7,676 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 330%.
Against the University Athletic Association median it is in line with the University Athletic Association median of $8,108.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $349 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 192%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 29% between 2020 and 2025, from $145,485 to $187,464.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Carnegie Mellon University like academically?
Carnegie Mellon University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 12% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1546, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $83,654 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $31,944 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 62% of the sticker price on average.
94% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 98% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $114,862, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Carnegie Mellon University?
Engineering is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Computer & Information Sciences (17%) and Mathematics & Statistics (12%).
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 (255 degrees)
- Statistics (189 degrees)
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (166 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (138 degrees)
- Systems Science and Theory (118 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (113 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (100 degrees)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (65 degrees)
- Economics (55 degrees)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (53 degrees)
What is Pittsburgh, PA like to live in?
Carnegie Mellon University sits in Pittsburgh, a large city of about 304,000 people in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Household incomes in Pittsburgh, a median of about $64,137, sit below the Pennsylvania median and likewise below the national one, 18% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $193,200, 20% below the Pennsylvania median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,221 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 10% of workers walk and 12% take public transit and 20% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.7 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Pennsylvania average of 35%.
What other teams does Carnegie Mellon University field?
Carnegie Mellon University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | University Athletic Association |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Enrollment | 7,304 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Carnegie Mellon University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Carnegie Mellon University fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the University Athletic Association and reported 12 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis?
- Carnegie Mellon University competes in NCAA Division III in the University Athletic Association. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 12 players in 2025, Carnegie Mellon University is 20% above 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 Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Carnegie Mellon University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $83,654 a year, and an average net price of $31,944 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Carnegie Mellon University?
- Carnegie Mellon University is in Pittsburgh, PA, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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