Union College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $114,153 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $92,655 |
How much does Union College spend on women's tennis?
Union College reported $92,655 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #673 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Union College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Union College's athletically related student aid averaged about $3,444 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Union College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Union College reported $66,541 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Union College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Union College reported $114,153 in total men's tennis expenses and $92,655 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in New York earn NIL money?
New York's Collegiate Athletic Participation Compensation Act (2022, amended 2024) guarantees college athletes the right to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://nysphsaa.org/documents/2023/8/21/NYSPHSAA_Handbook_Aug_2025.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Union College women's tennis roster?
Union College listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Liberty League median of 10.
Union College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2024 and as high as 13 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 10.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 3 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 |
| 2023 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 |
How many coaches does Union College women's tennis have?
Union College lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 50%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Union College spend on women's tennis?
Union College reported $92,655 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 60% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $3,505 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 96%.
Against the Liberty League median it is 11% below the Liberty League median of $3,928.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $289 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 142%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 52% between 2020 and 2025, from $60,794 to $92,655.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Union College like academically?
Union College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 44% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1395, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $84,561 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $34,561 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 59% of the sticker price on average.
80% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 90% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $88,604, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Union College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Engineering (20%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (14%).
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.
- Economics (98 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (47 degrees)
- Biology, General (46 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (44 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (40 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (31 degrees)
- Mathematics (25 degrees)
- Sociology (21 degrees)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (20 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (20 degrees)
What is Schenectady, NY like to live in?
Union College sits in Schenectady, a small city of about 69,000 people in Schenectady County, New York.
Household incomes in Schenectady, a median of about $56,398, sit far below the New York median and likewise far below the national one, 28% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $152,000, 62% below the New York median and a typical rent of $1,109 a month is 30% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 5% of workers walk and 8% take public transit.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 20% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the New York average of 40%.
What other teams does Union College field?
Union College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Liberty League |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Schenectady, NY |
| Enrollment | 2,046 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Union College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Union College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Liberty League and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Union College women's tennis?
- Union College competes in NCAA Division III in the Liberty League. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Union College women's tennis roster compare with other Liberty League programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Union College is in line with the Liberty League median of 10, based on 7 Liberty League programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Union College women's tennis team have?
- 4 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 3 assistant), about 2.5 players per coach, 50% below the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Union College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,561 a year, and an average net price of $34,561 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Union College?
- Union College is in Schenectady, NY, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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