Colby College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $193,682 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $157,563 |
How much does Colby College spend on women's tennis?
Colby College reported $157,563 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #532 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Colby College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Colby 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 Colby College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Colby College reported $68,657 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Colby College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Colby College reported $193,682 in total men's tennis expenses and $157,563 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Maine earn NIL money?
Maine's college NIL law (LD 1893, signed March 31, 2022) protects college athletes' right to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://mpaprof.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MPA-Handbook.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Colby College women's tennis roster?
Colby College listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 14% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 11.
Colby College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 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 | 13 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 |
How many coaches does Colby College women's tennis have?
Colby College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 6.3, by 28%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Colby College spend on women's tennis?
Colby College reported $157,563 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 172% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $4,097 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 129%.
Against the New England Small College Athletic Conference median it is well below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of $6,040, by 32%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $228 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 91%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 72% between 2020 and 2025, from $91,807 to $157,563.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Colby College like academically?
Colby College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 7% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1501, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $85,420 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,180 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 80% of the sticker price on average.
89% 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 $80,490, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Colby College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 29% of degrees, followed by Psychology (12%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (11%).
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 (89 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (76 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (52 degrees)
- Computer Science (45 degrees)
- International/Globalization Studies (42 degrees)
- Psychology, General (41 degrees)
- Biology, General (38 degrees)
- History (27 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (27 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (25 degrees)
What is Waterville, ME like to live in?
Colby College sits in Waterville, a remote town of about 17,000 people in Kennebec County, Maine.
Household incomes in Waterville, a median of about $47,489, sit far below the Maine median and likewise far below the national one, 40% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $173,700, 35% below the Maine median and a typical rent of $957 a month is 12% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 9% of workers walk and 16% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.0 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is younger than the country's 39.
What other teams does Colby College field?
Colby College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | New England Small College Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Waterville, ME |
| Enrollment | 2,407 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Colby College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Colby College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the New England Small College Athletic Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Colby College women's tennis?
- Colby College competes in NCAA Division III in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Colby College women's tennis roster compare with other New England Small College Athletic Conference programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Colby College is 14% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 10 New England Small College Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Colby College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4.5 players per coach, 28% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 6.3.
- How much does it cost to attend Colby College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $85,420 a year, and an average net price of $17,180 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Colby College?
- Colby College is in Waterville, ME, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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