Fairfield University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $403,466 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $388,335 |
How much does Fairfield University spend on women's tennis?
Fairfield University reported $388,335 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #243 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Fairfield University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Fairfield University's athletically related student aid averaged about $21,517 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Fairfield University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Fairfield University reported $167,482 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Fairfield University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Fairfield University reported $403,466 in total men's tennis expenses and $388,335 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Connecticut earn NIL money?
Connecticut's Public Act 21-132 (2021) allows college athletes to earn compensation from their name, image, and likeness. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.casciac.org/pdfs/ciachandbook_2324.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Fairfield University women's tennis roster?
Fairfield University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference median of 9.
Fairfield University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2021 and as high as 12 in 2024, and ended 2025 at 10.
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 | 10 | 3 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 |
How many coaches does Fairfield University women's tennis have?
Fairfield University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 38%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Fairfield University spend on women's tennis?
Fairfield University reported $388,335 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 28% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $6,083 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 41%.
Against the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference median it is well above the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference median of $4,421, by 38%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $644 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 38%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 72% between 2020 and 2025, from $225,720 to $388,335.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Fairfield University like academically?
Fairfield University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 33% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1335, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $76,074 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $48,095 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 37% of the sticker price on average.
84% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 91% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $88,794, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Fairfield University?
Business, Management & Marketing dominates: it accounts for 46% of degrees awarded, with Health Professions a distant second at 19%.
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.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (213 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (183 degrees)
- Marketing (148 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (121 degrees)
- Psychology, General (69 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (61 degrees)
- Biology, General (42 degrees)
- Economics (42 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (41 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (32 degrees)
What is Fairfield, CT like to live in?
Fairfield University sits in Fairfield, a suburb of a large city in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut.
The median household in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region earns about $87,135, which is about the Connecticut median ($93,760) but above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Connecticut: a typical home is valued around $397,000, 16% above the state median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,482 a month.
Commutes run long, about 31 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% take public transit.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 40, with 22% under 18 and 16% aged 65 or over.
What other teams does Fairfield University field?
Fairfield University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Fairfield, CT |
| Enrollment | 5,373 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Fairfield University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Fairfield University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Fairfield University women's tennis?
- Fairfield University competes in NCAA Division I in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Fairfield University women's tennis roster compare with other Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Fairfield University is 11% above the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference median of 9, based on 6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Fairfield University women's tennis team have?
- 4 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 3 assistant), about 2.5 players per coach, 38% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Fairfield University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $76,074 a year, and an average net price of $48,095 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Fairfield University?
- Fairfield University is in Fairfield, CT, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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