Vassar College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $170,846 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $190,489 |
How much does Vassar College spend on women's tennis?
Vassar College reported $190,489 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #463 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Vassar College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Vassar 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 Vassar College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Vassar College reported $44,006 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Vassar College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Vassar College reported $170,846 in total men's tennis expenses and $190,489 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 Vassar College women's tennis roster?
Vassar College listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 10% above the Liberty League median of 10.
Vassar College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 12 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 11.
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 | 12 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
How many coaches does Vassar College women's tennis have?
Vassar College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the Liberty League median of 4.5.
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 Vassar College spend on women's tennis?
Vassar College reported $190,489 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 229% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $4,405 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 147%.
Against the Liberty League median it is 12% above 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 $206 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 72%.
Total women's tennis expenses have stayed close to $190,489 a year since 2020.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Vassar College like academically?
Vassar College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 19% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1494, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $87,419 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $39,343 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.
91% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 95% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $71,366, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Vassar College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (18%) and Visual & Performing Arts (10%).
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 (56 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (53 degrees)
- Mathematics (49 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (46 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (41 degrees)
- Biology, General (41 degrees)
- Area Studies (30 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (29 degrees)
- History (29 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (29 degrees)
What is Poughkeepsie, NY like to live in?
Vassar College sits in Poughkeepsie, a suburb of a large city of about 32,000 people in Dutchess County, New York.
The median household in Poughkeepsie earns about $60,050, which is far below the New York median ($84,578) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $259,200, 36% below the New York median and a typical rent of $1,370 a month is 13% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 6% of workers walk and 6% take public transit.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 19% under 18 and 17% aged 65 or over.
32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the New York average of 40%.
What other teams does Vassar College field?
Vassar 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 | Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Enrollment | 2,444 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Vassar College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Vassar College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Liberty League and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Vassar College women's tennis?
- Vassar 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 Vassar College women's tennis roster compare with other Liberty League programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Vassar College is 10% above the Liberty League median of 10, based on 7 Liberty League programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Vassar College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the Liberty League median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Vassar College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $87,419 a year, and an average net price of $39,343 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Vassar College?
- Vassar College is in Poughkeepsie, NY, in the Mid East region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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