Rice University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $1,018,575 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $1,329,711 |
How much does Rice University spend on women's tennis?
Rice University reported $1,329,711 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #41 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Rice University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Rice University's athletically related student aid averaged about $47,931 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Rice University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Rice University reported $366,581 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Rice University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Rice University reported $1,018,575 in total men's tennis expenses and $1,329,711 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Texas earn NIL money?
Texas Education Code Section 51.9246 (2021) governs college NIL and was expanded by HB 126 (2025) to allow universities to pay athletes directly, with contracts permitted at age 17 or older. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.uiltexas.org/policy/2025-26-policy-info/nil-information.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Rice University women's tennis roster?
Rice University listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the American Conference median of 9.
Rice University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 |
How many coaches does Rice University women's tennis have?
Rice University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the American Conference median of 4, by 25%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Rice University spend on women's tennis?
Rice University reported $1,329,711 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 146% above the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $24,466 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 139%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $2,365 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 127%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 33% between 2020 and 2025, from $1,000,111 to $1,329,711.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Rice University like academically?
Rice University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 8% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1553, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $79,788 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $13,370 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 83% of the sticker price on average.
95% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 97% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $89,718, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Rice University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Engineering, is 17% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Computer & Information Sciences 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 (121 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (104 degrees)
- Psychology, General (77 degrees)
- Economics (75 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (60 degrees)
- Biology, General (57 degrees)
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (49 degrees)
- Cognitive Science (48 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (38 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (37 degrees)
What is Houston, TX like to live in?
Rice University sits in Houston, a large city of about 2.3 million people in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Household incomes in Houston, a median of about $62,894, sit below the Texas median and likewise below the national one, 20% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Texas, around $253,400 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,313 a month.
Commutes average about 27 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The population skews young, with a median age of 34 against 39 nationally and 24% under 18.
What other teams does Rice University field?
Rice University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | American Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Enrollment | 4,776 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Rice University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Rice University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the American Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Rice University women's tennis?
- Rice University competes in NCAA Division I in the American Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Rice University women's tennis roster compare with other American Conference programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Rice University is in line with the American Conference median of 9, based on 13 American Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Rice University women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 3 players per coach, 25% below the American Conference median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Rice University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $79,788 a year, and an average net price of $13,370 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Rice University?
- Rice University is in Houston, TX, in the Southwest region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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