Santa Clara University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $724,273 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $649,779 |
How much does Santa Clara University spend on women's tennis?
Santa Clara University reported $649,779 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #122 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Santa Clara University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Santa Clara University's athletically related student aid averaged about $22,333 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Santa Clara University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Santa Clara University reported $313,313 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Santa Clara University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Santa Clara University reported $724,273 in total men's tennis expenses and $649,779 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in California earn NIL money?
California's SB 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act (2019, accelerated by SB 26 in 2021), was the first state law allowing college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.cifstate.org/governance/constitution/index.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Santa Clara University women's tennis roster?
Santa Clara University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the West Coast Conference median of 9.
Santa Clara University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 13 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 10.
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 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 |
How many coaches does Santa Clara University women's tennis have?
Santa Clara University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.
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 Santa Clara University spend on women's tennis?
Santa Clara University reported $649,779 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 20% above the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $6,493 per player in 2025, well below the West Coast Conference median of $12,332, by 47%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $1,582 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 52%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 30% between 2020 and 2025, from $499,378 to $649,779.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Santa Clara University like academically?
Santa Clara University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1426, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $82,026 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $50,062 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 39% of the sticker price on average.
88% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 94% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $109,183, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Santa Clara University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Engineering (15%) and Social Sciences (11%).
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.
- Finance and Financial Management Services (160 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (137 degrees)
- Psychology, General (122 degrees)
- Economics (108 degrees)
- Mathematics and Computer Science (107 degrees)
- Computer Engineering (83 degrees)
- Biology, General (81 degrees)
- Marketing (79 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (72 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (67 degrees)
What is Santa Clara, CA like to live in?
Santa Clara University sits in Santa Clara, a mid-sized city of about 129,000 people in Santa Clara County, California.
Household incomes in Santa Clara, a median of about $173,670, sit far above the California median and likewise far above the national one, 121% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of California: a typical home is valued around $1,527,900, 120% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,985 a month is 53% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 24% work from home.
The population skews young, with a median age of 35 against 39 nationally and 18% under 18.
65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the California average of 37%.
What other teams does Santa Clara University field?
Santa Clara University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | West Coast Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Santa Clara, CA |
| Enrollment | 6,552 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Santa Clara University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Santa Clara University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the West Coast Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Santa Clara University women's tennis?
- Santa Clara University competes in NCAA Division I in the West Coast Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Santa Clara University women's tennis roster compare with other West Coast Conference programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Santa Clara University is 11% above the West Coast Conference median of 9, based on 7 West Coast Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Santa Clara University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5 players per coach, 25% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Santa Clara University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $82,026 a year, and an average net price of $50,062 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Santa Clara University?
- Santa Clara University is in Santa Clara, CA, in the Far West region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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