Duke University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $1,778,280 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $1,975,297 |
How much does Duke University spend on women's tennis?
Duke University reported $1,975,297 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #6 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Duke University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Duke University's athletically related student aid averaged about $45,742 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Duke University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Duke University reported $671,854 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Duke University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Duke University reported $1,778,280 in total men's tennis expenses and $1,975,297 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in North Carolina earn NIL money?
North Carolina has no college NIL statute; college NIL is governed by the Governor's Executive Order 223 (2023), which permits and protects school-facilitated NIL activity. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/interscholastic-athletics.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Duke University women's tennis roster?
Duke University listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Atlantic Coast Conference median of 10.
Duke University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 |
How many coaches does Duke University women's tennis have?
Duke University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Duke University spend on women's tennis?
Duke University reported $1,975,297 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 266% above the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $55,025 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 437%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $2,133 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 104%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 48% between 2020 and 2025, from $1,330,687 to $1,975,297.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Duke University like academically?
Duke University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 6% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1548, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $87,072 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,612 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 66% of the sticker price on average.
97% 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 $97,800, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Duke University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Computer & Information Sciences, is 13% of degrees, with Engineering, Biological & Biomedical Sciences and others close behind.
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 (370 degrees)
- Economics (209 degrees)
- Public Policy Analysis (181 degrees)
- Biology, General (160 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (155 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (151 degrees)
- Computer Engineering (134 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (96 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (91 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (79 degrees)
What is Durham, NC like to live in?
Duke University sits in Durham, a large city of about 288,000 people in Durham County, North Carolina.
The median household in Durham earns about $79,234, which is above the North Carolina median ($69,904) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of North Carolina: a typical home is valued around $355,300, 37% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,412 a month is 22% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 21% work from home.
The population skews young, with a median age of 35 against 39 nationally and 20% under 18.
56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the North Carolina average of 35%.
What other teams does Duke University field?
Duke University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Durham, NC |
| Enrollment | 6,442 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Duke University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Duke University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Atlantic Coast Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Duke University women's tennis?
- Duke University competes in NCAA Division I in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Duke University women's tennis roster compare with other Atlantic Coast Conference programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Duke University is in line with the Atlantic Coast Conference median of 10, based on 14 Atlantic Coast Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Duke University women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 3 players per coach, 25% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Duke University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $87,072 a year, and an average net price of $29,612 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Duke University?
- Duke University is in Durham, NC, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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