St Olaf College

How big is the St Olaf College men's tennis roster?

St Olaf College listed 10 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 17% below the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 12.

St Olaf College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 16 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.

How many coaches does St Olaf College men's tennis have?

St Olaf College lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 53%.

Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.

What does St Olaf College spend on men's tennis?

St Olaf College reported $57,226 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 33% below the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $85,495.

Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $1,968 per player in 2025, 10% below the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $2,193.

Against the NCAA Division III median it is in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,918.

Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $106 per male athlete in 2025, 12% below the NCAA Division III median of $120.

Total men's tennis expenses have swung between $33,439 (2021) and $63,140 (2023) without a clear direction.

NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.

What is St Olaf College like academically?

St Olaf College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1380, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $71,843 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $23,874 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 67% of the sticker price on average.

84% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 92% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $65,543, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at St Olaf College?

No single field dominates: the largest, Social Sciences, is 17% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Visual & Performing Arts 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.

• Biology, General (111 degrees)
• Economics (80 degrees)
• Mathematics (75 degrees)
• Research and Experimental Psychology (75 degrees)
• Political Science and Government (67 degrees)
• English Language and Literature, General (50 degrees)
• Music (47 degrees)
• Fine and Studio Arts (39 degrees)
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (32 degrees)
• Natural Resources Conservation and Research (31 degrees)

What is Northfield, MN like to live in?

St Olaf College sits in Northfield, a town well outside any metro area of about 21,000 people in Rice County, Minnesota.

The median household in Northfield earns about $92,000, which is about the Minnesota median ($87,556) but above the national median ($78,538).

Home values are in step with the rest of Minnesota, around $305,300 and a typical rent of $1,036 a month is 16% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 17% of workers walk and 20% work from home.

It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.4 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.

52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Minnesota average of 39%.

What other teams does St Olaf College field?

St Olaf College also fields one other team with a public profile here.

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