College of the Holy Cross

How big is the College of the Holy Cross women's tennis roster?

College of the Holy Cross listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 9.

College of the Holy Cross's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 18 in 2020.

A larger squad usually means more competition for lineup spots and a deeper bench for a coach to draw on.

How many coaches does College of the Holy Cross women's tennis have?

College of the Holy Cross lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.

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 College of the Holy Cross spend on women's tennis?

College of the Holy Cross reported $70,089 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 87% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.

Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,317 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 77%.

Against the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference median it is 11% above the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $2,080.

Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $541 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $165, by 227%.

Total women's tennis expenses rose 46% between 2020 and 2025, from $48,161 to $70,089.

Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.

What is College of the Holy Cross like academically?

College of the Holy Cross is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 18% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1353, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $80,334 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $38,782 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.

87% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 95% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $90,543, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at College of the Holy Cross?

Social Sciences is the largest field at 35% of degrees, followed by Psychology (13%) 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.

• Psychology, General (132 degrees)
• Economics (128 degrees)
• Political Science and Government (110 degrees)
• History (65 degrees)
• English Language and Literature, General (57 degrees)
• Biology, General (50 degrees)
• Mathematics (48 degrees)
• Sociology (37 degrees)
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (33 degrees)
• Chemistry (32 degrees)

What is Worcester, MA like to live in?

College of the Holy Cross sits in Worcester, a mid-sized city of about 206,000 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

The median household in Worcester earns about $67,544, which is far below the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but below the national median ($78,538).

Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $339,500, 35% below the Massachusetts median and a typical rent of $1,415 a month is 16% under the state figure.

Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.

It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.

34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Massachusetts average of 47%.

What other teams does College of the Holy Cross field?

College of the Holy Cross also fields one other team with a public profile here.

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