Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Investment & Impact
How much does Rutgers University-New Brunswick spend on women's tennis?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick reported $1,217,357 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #53 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Rutgers University-New Brunswick offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Rutgers University-New Brunswick's athletically related student aid averaged about $30,966 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Rutgers University-New Brunswick spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick reported $919,890 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
Can college athletes in New Jersey earn NIL money?
New Jersey's Fair Play Act (S971, signed 2020) gives college athletes the right to earn NIL compensation, with its provisions taking effect in the 2025-26 academic year. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-01/njsiaa-nil-faqs-final.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Rutgers University-New Brunswick women's tennis roster?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 16% below the Big Ten Conference median of 10.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 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 | 3 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 |
How many coaches does Rutgers University-New Brunswick women's tennis have?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, in line with the Big Ten Conference median of 3.8.
What does Rutgers University-New Brunswick spend on women's tennis?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick reported $1,217,357 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 125% above the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $15,439 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 51%.
Against the Big Ten Conference median it is well below the Big Ten Conference median of $24,549, by 37%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $2,447 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 134%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 68% between 2020 and 2025, from $725,060 to $1,217,357.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Rutgers University-New Brunswick like academically?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 58% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1410, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $36,993 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $24,406 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 34% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $17,929 for NJ residents and $37,441 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
84% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 93% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $74,479, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Rutgers University-New Brunswick?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Computer & Information Sciences (13%) and Engineering (10%).
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 (613 degrees)
- Psychology, General (484 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (418 degrees)
- Human Resources Management and Services (406 degrees)
- Biology, General (394 degrees)
- Public Health (394 degrees)
- Information Science/Studies (385 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (369 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (344 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (323 degrees)
What is New Brunswick, NJ like to live in?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick sits in New Brunswick, a small city of about 56,000 people in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
The median household in New Brunswick earns about $60,248, which is far below the New Jersey median ($101,050) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $316,800, 26% below the New Jersey median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,790 a month.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 14% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 19% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.9 times the national share, and the median age of 25 is younger than the country's 39.
24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the New Jersey average of 43%.
What other teams does Rutgers University-New Brunswick field?
This is the only Rutgers University-New Brunswick team with a public profile here so far.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | New Brunswick, NJ |
| Enrollment | 37,751 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Rutgers University-New Brunswick have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Rutgers University-New Brunswick fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Big Ten Conference and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Rutgers University-New Brunswick women's tennis?
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick competes in NCAA Division I in the Big Ten Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Rutgers University-New Brunswick women's tennis roster compare with other Big Ten Conference programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Rutgers University-New Brunswick is 16% below the Big Ten Conference median of 10, based on 16 Big Ten Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Rutgers University-New Brunswick women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4 players per coach, in line with the Big Ten Conference median of 3.8.
- How much does it cost to attend Rutgers University-New Brunswick?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $36,993 a year, and an average net price of $24,406 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Rutgers University-New Brunswick?
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick is in New Brunswick, NJ, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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