Lehigh University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $240,135 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $282,302 |
How much does Lehigh University spend on men's tennis?
Lehigh University reported $240,135 in total men's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #315 of 962 men's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Lehigh University offer athletic scholarships for men's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Lehigh University's athletically related student aid averaged about $23,724 per men's athlete across all men's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Lehigh University spend on recruiting men's athletes?
Lehigh University reported $332,661 in total recruiting expenses for men's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all men's sports).
How does Lehigh University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Lehigh University reported $240,135 in total men's tennis expenses and $282,302 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 Lehigh University men's tennis roster?
Lehigh University listed 11 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 10% above the NCAA Division I median of 10.
Lehigh University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025.
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 | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 11 | 3 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
How many coaches does Lehigh University men's tennis have?
Lehigh University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
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 Lehigh University spend on men's tennis?
Lehigh University reported $240,135 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 45% below the NCAA Division I median of $435,301.
Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $7,512 per player in 2025, well above the Patriot League median of $5,413, by 39%.
Against the NCAA Division I median it is well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, by 29%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $857 per male athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,534, by 44%.
Total men's tennis expenses rose 24% between 2020 and 2025, from $193,824 to $240,135.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Lehigh University like academically?
Lehigh University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 26% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1440, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $80,856 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $36,931 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 54% of the sticker price on average.
88% 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 $105,584, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Lehigh University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Engineering (22%) and Computer & Information Sciences (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.
- Finance and Financial Management Services (197 degrees)
- Computer Science (138 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (80 degrees)
- Psychology, General (63 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (58 degrees)
- Business/Managerial Economics (56 degrees)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (53 degrees)
- Marketing (52 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (51 degrees)
- Biology, General (41 degrees)
What is Bethlehem, PA like to live in?
Lehigh University sits in Bethlehem, a small city of about 77,000 people in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Household incomes in Bethlehem, a median of about $66,443, sit below the Pennsylvania median and likewise below the national one, 15% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Pennsylvania, around $236,500 and a typical rent of $1,311 a month is 13% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
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 36 is close to the country's 39.
What other teams does Lehigh University field?
Lehigh University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Sport | Men's Tennis |
| Location | Bethlehem, PA |
| Enrollment | 5,898 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Lehigh University have a men's tennis team?
- Yes. Lehigh University fields a NCAA Division I men's tennis team in the Patriot League and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Lehigh University men's tennis?
- Lehigh University competes in NCAA Division I in the Patriot League. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Lehigh University men's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Lehigh University is 10% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, based on 237 NCAA Division I programs that reported men's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Lehigh University men's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Lehigh University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $80,856 a year, and an average net price of $36,931 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Lehigh University?
- Lehigh University is in Bethlehem, PA, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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