Macalester College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $56,277 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $62,530 |
How much does Macalester College spend on women's tennis?
Macalester College reported $62,530 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #802 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Macalester College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Macalester College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Macalester College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Macalester College reported $35,633 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Macalester College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Macalester College reported $56,277 in total men's tennis expenses and $62,530 in total women's tennis expenses.
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Macalester College women's tennis roster?
Macalester College listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11.
Macalester College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 16 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 10.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 5 |
| 2021 | 15 | 4 |
| 2022 | 14 | 4 |
| 2023 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 |
How many coaches does Macalester College women's tennis have?
Macalester College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 33%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Macalester College spend on women's tennis?
Macalester College reported $62,530 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 28% below the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $87,251.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,193 per player in 2025, 23% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Against the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median it is in line with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $2,229.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $185 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $104, by 78%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 112% between 2020 and 2025, from $29,458 to $62,530.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Macalester College like academically?
Macalester College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 29% 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 $82,991 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $32,149 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 61% of the sticker price on average.
87% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 92% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $63,878, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Macalester College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Social Sciences, is 19% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Multidisciplinary Studies 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 and Information Sciences, General (58 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (56 degrees)
- Biology, General (52 degrees)
- Economics (49 degrees)
- Mathematics (48 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (38 degrees)
- International/Globalization Studies (38 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (33 degrees)
- Geography and Environmental Studies (29 degrees)
- Chemistry (21 degrees)
What is West St. Paul, MN like to live in?
Macalester College sits in West St. Paul, a large city of about 21,000 people in Dakota County, Minnesota.
The median household in West St. Paul earns about $70,738, which is below the Minnesota median ($87,556) but about the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Minnesota, around $281,800 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,195 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 18% work from home.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 39, with 19% under 18 and 21% aged 65 or over.
What other teams does Macalester College field?
Macalester College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Saint Paul, MN |
| Enrollment | 2,131 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Macalester College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Macalester College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Macalester College women's tennis?
- Macalester College competes in NCAA Division III in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Macalester College women's tennis roster compare with other Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Macalester College is in line with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 9 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Macalester College women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 3.3 players per coach, 33% below the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Macalester College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,991 a year, and an average net price of $32,149 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Macalester College?
- Macalester College is in Saint Paul, MN, in the Plains region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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