Whittier College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $61,554 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $54,366 |
How much does Whittier College spend on women's tennis?
Whittier College reported $54,366 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #847 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Whittier College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Whittier 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 Whittier College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Whittier College reported $10,079 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Whittier College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Whittier College reported $61,554 in total men's tennis expenses and $54,366 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in California earn NIL money?
California's SB 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act (2019, accelerated by SB 26 in 2021), was the first state law allowing college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.cifstate.org/governance/constitution/index.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Whittier College women's tennis roster?
Whittier College listed 4 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 64% below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11.
Whittier College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 4 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 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
How many coaches does Whittier College women's tennis have?
Whittier College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 2 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 60%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Whittier College spend on women's tennis?
Whittier College reported $54,366 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 49% below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $106,827.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,733 per player in 2025, 20% below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $2,158.
Against the NCAA Division III median it is in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $77 per female athlete in 2025, well below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of $167, by 54%.
Total women's tennis expenses have stayed close to $54,366 a year since 2020.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Whittier College like academically?
Whittier College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 81% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $63,664 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $25,757 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 60% of the sticker price on average.
60% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 66% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $59,492, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Whittier College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 17% of degrees, with Liberal Arts & Sciences, Biological & Biomedical Sciences 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.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (46 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (43 degrees)
- Biology, General (31 degrees)
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (24 degrees)
- Psychology, General (23 degrees)
- Social Sciences, General (21 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (20 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (19 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (18 degrees)
- Social Work (16 degrees)
What is Whittier, CA like to live in?
Whittier College sits in Whittier, a suburb of a large city of about 86,000 people in Los Angeles County, California.
The median household in Whittier earns about $92,374, which is about the California median ($96,334) but above the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of California, around $751,700 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,829 a month.
Commutes run long, about 33 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 23% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the California average of 37%.
What other teams does Whittier College field?
Whittier College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Whittier, CA |
| Enrollment | 764 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Whittier College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Whittier College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and reported 4 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Whittier College women's tennis?
- Whittier College competes in NCAA Division III in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Whittier College women's tennis roster compare with other Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference programs?
- With 4 players in 2025, Whittier College is 64% below the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 6 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Whittier College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 2 players per coach, 60% below the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Whittier College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $63,664 a year, and an average net price of $25,757 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Whittier College?
- Whittier College is in Whittier, CA, in the Far West region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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