Wesleyan University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $237,862 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $300,930 |
How much does Wesleyan University spend on women's tennis?
Wesleyan University reported $300,930 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #311 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Wesleyan University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Wesleyan University'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 Wesleyan University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Wesleyan University reported $60,296 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Wesleyan University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Wesleyan University reported $237,862 in total men's tennis expenses and $300,930 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Connecticut earn NIL money?
Connecticut's Public Act 21-132 (2021) allows college athletes to earn compensation from their name, image, and likeness. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.casciac.org/pdfs/ciachandbook_2324.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Wesleyan University women's tennis roster?
Wesleyan University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the Southern States Athletic Conference median of 9.
Wesleyan University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 13 in 2020.
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 | 13 | 5 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 |
How many coaches does Wesleyan University women's tennis have?
Wesleyan University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the Southern States Athletic Conference median of 7, by 64%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Wesleyan University spend on women's tennis?
Wesleyan University reported $300,930 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 420% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $9,215 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786, by 416%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $198 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Southern States Athletic Conference median of $47, by 321%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 128% between 2020 and 2025, from $131,965 to $300,930.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Wesleyan University like academically?
Wesleyan University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 16% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1501, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $89,020 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $30,177 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 66% of the sticker price on average.
93% 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 $73,897, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Wesleyan University?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Psychology (13%) and Visual & Performing Arts (13%).
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.
- Psychology, General (148 degrees)
- Economics (113 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (97 degrees)
- Area Studies (80 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (72 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (58 degrees)
- Computer Science (54 degrees)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts (51 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (43 degrees)
- Science, Technology and Society (42 degrees)
What is Middletown, CT like to live in?
Wesleyan University sits in Middletown, a small city of about 48,000 people in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut.
The median household in Middletown earns about $73,979, which is below the Connecticut median ($93,760) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $279,500, 19% below the Connecticut median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,392 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 39 is close to the country's 39.
What other teams does Wesleyan University field?
Wesleyan University 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 | Middletown, CT |
| Enrollment | 3,067 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Wesleyan University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Wesleyan University fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Southern States Athletic Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Wesleyan University women's tennis?
- Wesleyan University 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 Wesleyan University women's tennis roster compare with other Southern States Athletic Conference programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Wesleyan University is 11% above the Southern States Athletic Conference median of 9, based on 7 Southern States Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Wesleyan University women's tennis team have?
- 4 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 3 assistant), about 2.5 players per coach, 64% below the Southern States Athletic Conference median of 7.
- How much does it cost to attend Wesleyan University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $89,020 a year, and an average net price of $30,177 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Wesleyan University?
- Wesleyan University is in Middletown, CT, in the New England region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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