Women's tennis is classified as a "Head Count Sport", which means that the scholarships that are offered are traditionally "full-ride scholarships". Men's tennis on the other hand is classified as an “Equivalency Sport”, which means that the Coach can share the scholarship allocation among a number of players.
There are 274 Division I and 164 Division II colleges that offer tennis scholarships for men. For women there are 316 Division I and 211 Division II colleges that offer tennis scholarships. The NCAA allows each Division I men's tennis program 4.5 scholarships. In Division II, 4.5 scholarships are also on offer. Each Division I women's tennis program allows 8 scholarships and 6 in Division II.
That's a total of 1,971 men's tennis scholarships available in the NCAA alone and for women's tennis there are 3,794 scholarships.
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