Occidental College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $105,335 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $90,294 |
How much does Occidental College spend on women's tennis?
Occidental College reported $90,294 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #680 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Occidental College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Occidental 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 Occidental College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Occidental College reported $37,401 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Occidental College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Occidental College reported $105,335 in total men's tennis expenses and $90,294 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in California earn NIL money?
California's SB 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act (2019, accelerated by SB 26 in 2021), was the first state law allowing college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.cifstate.org/governance/constitution/index.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Occidental College women's tennis roster?
Occidental College listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 18% below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11.
Occidental College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020.
A smaller squad usually means each recruit is closer to the lineup, and one injury or transfer changes the team's season more.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 6 |
| 2022 | 13 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
How many coaches does Occidental College women's tennis have?
Occidental College lists 1 head coach and 4 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 1.8 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 64%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Occidental College spend on women's tennis?
Occidental College reported $90,294 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 56% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $3,141 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 76%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $202 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 69%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 45% between 2020 and 2025, from $62,148 to $90,294.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Occidental College like academically?
Occidental College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 44% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1452, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $84,800 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $38,263 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.
81% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 90% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $75,951, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Occidental College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Visual & Performing Arts (15%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (13%).
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.
- Economics (85 degrees)
- International Relations and National Security Studies (53 degrees)
- Biology, General (40 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (39 degrees)
- Computer Science (36 degrees)
- Cognitive Science (23 degrees)
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (23 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (22 degrees)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts (22 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (20 degrees)
What is Florence-Graham, CA like to live in?
Occidental College sits in Florence-Graham, a large city of about 62,000 people in Los Angeles County, California.
The median household in Florence-Graham earns about $61,216, which is far below the California median ($96,334) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $499,100, 28% below the California median and a typical rent of $1,475 a month is 25% under the state figure.
Commutes run long, about 35 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% take public transit.
The population skews young, with a median age of 31 against 39 nationally and 29% under 18.
8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the California average of 37%.
What other teams does Occidental College field?
Occidental College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
| Enrollment | 1,877 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Occidental College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Occidental College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Occidental College women's tennis?
- Occidental College competes in NCAA Division III in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Occidental College women's tennis roster compare with other Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Occidental College is 18% below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 6 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Occidental College women's tennis team have?
- 5 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 4 assistant), about 1.8 players per coach, 64% below the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Occidental College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,800 a year, and an average net price of $38,263 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Occidental College?
- Occidental College is in Los Angeles, CA, in the Far West region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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