Otterbein University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $25,156 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $28,029 |
How much does Otterbein University spend on women's tennis?
Otterbein University reported $28,029 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #1004 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Otterbein University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Otterbein University'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 Otterbein University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Otterbein University reported $15,863 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Otterbein University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Otterbein University reported $25,156 in total men's tennis expenses and $28,029 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Ohio earn NIL money?
Ohio college NIL has been permitted since Governor DeWine's 2021 executive order, expanded by a 2024 order allowing schools to pay athletes directly, with codifying legislation advancing in the legislature. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.ohsaa.org/Eligibility/NIL-Resource-Center.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Otterbein University women's tennis roster?
Otterbein University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Ohio Athletic Conference median of 11.
Otterbein University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 11 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 10.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 2 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 |
How many coaches does Otterbein University women's tennis have?
Otterbein University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 10 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 100%.
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 Otterbein University spend on women's tennis?
Otterbein University reported $28,029 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 52% below the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,597 per player in 2025, 11% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Against the Ohio Athletic Conference median it is in line with the Ohio Athletic Conference median of $1,556.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $83 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 30%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 32% between 2020 and 2025, from $21,233 to $28,029.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Otterbein University like academically?
Otterbein University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 85% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1220, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $48,321 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $19,237 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 60% of the sticker price on average.
68% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 80% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $53,313, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Otterbein University?
Health Professions is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (12%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (9%).
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 (59 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (28 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (26 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (26 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (25 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (25 degrees)
- Psychology, General (23 degrees)
- Biology, General (21 degrees)
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management (20 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (20 degrees)
What is Westerville, OH like to live in?
Otterbein University sits in Westerville, a suburb of a large city of about 39,000 people in Delaware County, Ohio.
Household incomes in Westerville, a median of about $107,054, sit far above the Ohio median and likewise far above the national one, 36% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Ohio: a typical home is valued around $343,200, 72% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,409 a month is 43% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 20 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 25% work from home.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 41, with 23% under 18 and 21% aged 65 or over.
58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Ohio average of 31%.
What other teams does Otterbein University field?
Otterbein University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Ohio Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Westerville, OH |
| Enrollment | 2,157 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Otterbein University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Otterbein University fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Ohio Athletic Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Otterbein University women's tennis?
- Otterbein University competes in NCAA Division III in the Ohio Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Otterbein University women's tennis roster compare with other Ohio Athletic Conference programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Otterbein University is in line with the Ohio Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 6 Ohio Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Otterbein University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 10 players per coach, 100% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Otterbein University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $48,321 a year, and an average net price of $19,237 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Otterbein University?
- Otterbein University is in Westerville, OH, in the Great Lakes region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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