Sacred Heart University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $242,703 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $532,230 |
How much does Sacred Heart University spend on women's tennis?
Sacred Heart University reported $532,230 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #161 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Sacred Heart University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Sacred Heart University's athletically related student aid averaged about $14,238 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Sacred Heart University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Sacred Heart University reported $141,572 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Sacred Heart University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Sacred Heart University reported $242,703 in total men's tennis expenses and $532,230 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Connecticut earn NIL money?
Connecticut's Public Act 21-132 (2021) allows college athletes to earn compensation from their name, image, and likeness. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.casciac.org/pdfs/ciachandbook_2324.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Sacred Heart University women's tennis roster?
Sacred Heart University listed 12 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 33% above the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Sacred Heart University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 11 in 2020 and as high as 15 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 12.
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 | 11 | 2 |
| 2021 | 14 | 2 |
| 2022 | 15 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 12 | 4 |
How many coaches does Sacred Heart University women's tennis have?
Sacred Heart University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Sacred Heart University spend on women's tennis?
Sacred Heart University reported $532,230 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,725 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 73%.
Against the national median it is in line with the national median of $2,681.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $256 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 76%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 67% between 2020 and 2025, from $319,212 to $532,230.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Sacred Heart University like academically?
Sacred Heart University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 65% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $69,289 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $46,174 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 33% of the sticker price on average.
73% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 83% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $75,059, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Sacred Heart University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (26%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (12%).
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 (190 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (148 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (134 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (114 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (109 degrees)
- Marketing (105 degrees)
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (92 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (82 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (70 degrees)
- Biology, General (69 degrees)
What is Fairfield, CT like to live in?
Sacred Heart University sits in Fairfield, a suburb of a large city in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut.
The median household in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region earns about $87,135, which is about the Connecticut median ($93,760) but above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Connecticut: a typical home is valued around $397,000, 16% above the state median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,482 a month.
Commutes run long, about 31 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% take public transit.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 40, with 22% under 18 and 16% aged 65 or over.
What other teams does Sacred Heart University field?
Sacred Heart University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference[FB 10] |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Fairfield, CT |
| Enrollment | 7,087 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Sacred Heart University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Sacred Heart University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference[FB 10] and reported 12 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Sacred Heart University women's tennis?
- Sacred Heart University competes in NCAA Division I in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference[FB 10]. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Sacred Heart University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 12 players in 2025, Sacred Heart University is 33% above the NCAA Division I median of 9, based on 305 NCAA Division I programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Sacred Heart University women's tennis team have?
- 4 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 3 assistant), about 3 players per coach, 25% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Sacred Heart University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $69,289 a year, and an average net price of $46,174 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Sacred Heart University?
- Sacred Heart University is in Fairfield, CT, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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