Lehigh University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $240,135 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $282,302 |
How much does Lehigh University spend on women's tennis?
Lehigh University reported $282,302 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #337 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Lehigh University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Lehigh University's athletically related student aid averaged about $25,594 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Lehigh University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Lehigh University reported $172,941 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women'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 women's tennis roster?
Lehigh University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Lehigh University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 10 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 | 9 | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 |
How many coaches does Lehigh University women's tennis have?
Lehigh University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.3 players per coach, well below the Patriot League median of 5.5, by 39%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Lehigh University spend on women's tennis?
Lehigh University reported $282,302 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 48% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $5,721 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 44%.
Against the Patriot League median it is in line with the Patriot League median of $5,721.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $620 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 41%.
Total women's tennis expenses have swung between $218,646 (2021) and $336,548 (2023) without a clear direction.
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 | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Bethlehem, PA |
| Enrollment | 5,898 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Lehigh University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Lehigh University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Patriot League and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Lehigh University women'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 women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Lehigh University is 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9, based on 305 NCAA Division I programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Lehigh University women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 3.3 players per coach, 39% below the Patriot League median of 5.5.
- 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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