Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $170,069 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $158,066 |
How much does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute spend on women's tennis?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported $158,066 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #531 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's athletically related student aid averaged about $5,573 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported $62,302 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported $170,069 in total men's tennis expenses and $158,066 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in New York earn NIL money?
New York's Collegiate Athletic Participation Compensation Act (2022, amended 2024) guarantees college athletes the right to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://nysphsaa.org/documents/2023/8/21/NYSPHSAA_Handbook_Aug_2025.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute women's tennis roster?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 10% above the Liberty League median of 10.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 12 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 11.
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 | 12 | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
How many coaches does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute women's tennis have?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the Liberty League 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute spend on women's tennis?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reported $158,066 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 173% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $4,739 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 165%.
Against the Liberty League median it is 21% above the Liberty League median of $3,928.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $254 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 113%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 47% between 2020 and 2025, from $107,777 to $158,066.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute like academically?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 63% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1456, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $82,404 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $36,228 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 56% of the sticker price on average.
84% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 91% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $102,051, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
Engineering dominates: it accounts for 43% of degrees awarded, with Computer & Information Sciences a distant second at 21%.
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 Science (284 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (212 degrees)
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (112 degrees)
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (107 degrees)
- Mathematics (83 degrees)
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians (80 degrees)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (70 degrees)
- Chemical Engineering (63 degrees)
- Architecture (57 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (56 degrees)
What is Green Island, NY like to live in?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sits in Green Island, a small city of about 2,966 people in Albany County, New York.
Household incomes in Green Island, a median of about $70,281, sit below the New York median and likewise below the national one, 11% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $137,300, 66% below the New York median and a typical rent of $1,081 a month is 31% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 24 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk and 10% take public transit.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.5 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the New York average of 40%.
What other teams does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute field?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Liberty League |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Troy, NY |
| Enrollment | 5,714 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Liberty League and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute women's tennis?
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute competes in NCAA Division III in the Liberty League. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute women's tennis roster compare with other Liberty League programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is 10% above the Liberty League median of 10, based on 7 Liberty League programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the Liberty League median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,404 a year, and an average net price of $36,228 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is in Troy, NY, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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