Thomas College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $18,775 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $18,929 |
How much does Thomas College spend on women's tennis?
Thomas College reported $18,929 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #1054 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Thomas College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Thomas College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Thomas College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Thomas College reported $24,836 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Thomas College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Thomas College reported $18,775 in total men's tennis expenses and $18,929 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Maine earn NIL money?
Maine's college NIL law (LD 1893, signed March 31, 2022) protects college athletes' right to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://mpaprof.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MPA-Handbook.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Thomas College women's tennis roster?
Thomas College listed 7 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 30% below the NCAA Division III median of 10.
Thomas College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 8 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 | 8 | 2 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 |
How many coaches does Thomas College women's tennis have?
Thomas College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the Southern States Athletic Conference median of 7, by 50%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Thomas College spend on women's tennis?
Thomas College reported $18,929 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 90% below the Southern States Athletic Conference median of $180,914.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $684 per player in 2025, well below the Southern States Athletic Conference median of $2,207, by 69%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $190 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Southern States Athletic Conference median of $47, by 304%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 125% between 2020 and 2025, from $8,417 to $18,929.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Thomas College like academically?
Thomas College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 96% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,198 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $18,885 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 60% of the sticker price on average.
54% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 77% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $44,991, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Thomas College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 35% of degrees, followed by Education (11%) and Psychology (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.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (33 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (26 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (25 degrees)
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (20 degrees)
- Psychology, General (18 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (16 degrees)
- Computer Science (11 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (10 degrees)
- Marketing (9 degrees)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (7 degrees)
What is Waterville, ME like to live in?
Thomas College sits in Waterville, a remote town of about 17,000 people in Kennebec County, Maine.
Household incomes in Waterville, a median of about $47,489, sit far below the Maine median and likewise far below the national one, 40% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $173,700, 35% below the Maine median and a typical rent of $957 a month is 12% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 9% of workers walk and 16% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.0 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is younger than the country's 39.
What other teams does Thomas College field?
Thomas College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Southern States Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Waterville, ME |
| Enrollment | 647 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Thomas College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Thomas College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Southern States Athletic Conference and reported 7 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Thomas College women's tennis?
- Thomas College competes in NCAA Division III in the Southern States Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Thomas College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 7 players in 2025, Thomas College is 30% below the NCAA Division III median of 10, based on 313 NCAA Division III programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Thomas College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 3.5 players per coach, 50% below the Southern States Athletic Conference median of 7.
- How much does it cost to attend Thomas College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,198 a year, and an average net price of $18,885 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Thomas College?
- Thomas College is in Waterville, ME, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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