Eastern University
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Eastern University is a private master's university in St Davids, PA (suburb setting), with 2,068 undergraduates (57% women), affiliated with the American Baptist. It admitted 94% of 2,852 applicants — bottom quarter for selectivity among Division III schools (test-optional). Cost of attendance is $56,350 a year for out-of-state students; aided first-year students paid $21,900 on average after grants (upper half for affordability in its division). 57% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in health professions & nursing, business, family & consumer sciences. The campus reported 0.11 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — top 10% for safety among Division III schools.
Against Division III schools
Percentile among 421 Division III institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Eastern University ranks
1 top-ten finish among Division III schools, across 62 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Master's university
- Affiliation
- American Baptist
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 57%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $37,420
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 4 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Eastern University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Eastern University teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 30 | — | 3 | $136k | $4,545 | — | |
| Baseball | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 82 | — | 1 | $381k | $4,649 | — | |
| Men's Basketball | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 36 | — | 1 | $171k | $4,740 | — | |
| Women's Basketball | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 17 | — | 1 | $159k | $9,327 | — | |
| Men's Cross Country | Middle Atlantic Conferences | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Women's Cross Country | Middle Atlantic Conferences | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Field Hockey | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 17 | — | 1 | $112k | $6,590 | — | |
| Football | Middle Atlantic Conferences | 151 | — | 1 | $702k | $4,649 | — | |
| Men's Golf | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 8 | — | 2 | $47k | $5,903 | — | |
| Women's Golf | Middle Atlantic Conferences | 5 | — | 2 | $42k | $8,373 | — | |
| Men's Lacrosse | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 45 | — | 1 | $239k | $5,314 | — | |
| Women's Lacrosse | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 14 | — | 1 | $128k | $9,115 | — | |
| Men's Soccer | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 39 | — | 1 | $168k | $4,296 | — | |
| Softball | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 24 | — | 1 | $163k | $6,784 | — | |
| Men's Tennis | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 8 | — | 2 | $29k | $3,636 | — | |
| Women's Tennis | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 10 | — | 2 | $29k | $2,857 | — | |
| Men's Track & Field | Middle Atlantic Conferences | 89 | — | 1 | $133k | $1,498 | — | |
| Women's Track & Field | Middle Atlantic Conferences | 76 | — | 1 | $135k | $1,777 | — | |
| Men's Volleyball | Middle Atlantic Conferences | 14 | — | 3 | $116k | $8,252 | — | |
| Women's Volleyball | Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | 17 | — | 1 | $148k | $8,729 | — | |
| Men's Wrestling | Middle Atlantic Conferences | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Women's Wrestling | Middle Atlantic Conferences | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.