Austin College
Sherman, TX · private, nonprofit · 1,165 undergraduates
Austin College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Austin College listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster and 7 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Austin College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $3,659 per men's player, 91% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $3,658 per women's player, 105% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Austin College, in Sherman, TX, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Austin College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 14 in 2020. Austin College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 44%.
Austin College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. Austin College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 30%.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Austin College fund its athletes?
Austin College reported 417 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 256 men and 161 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $13,036 for men's sports and $9,600 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $51 and $60 per athlete.
What is Austin College like academically?
Austin College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1212, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $61,607 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $21,107 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 66% of the sticker price on average.
67% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 79% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $61,296, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Austin College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Biological & Biomedical Sciences, is 18% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Psychology and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business/Commerce, General (44 degrees)
- Psychology, General (39 degrees)
- Biology, General (33 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (26 degrees)
- Economics (25 degrees)
- Public Health (23 degrees)
- History (20 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (19 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (14 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (13 degrees)
What is Sherman, TX like to live in?
Austin College sits in Sherman, a small city of about 45,000 people in Grayson County, Texas.
Household incomes in Sherman, a median of about $60,935, sit below the Texas median and likewise below the national one, 22% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $219,300, 16% below the Texas median and a typical rent of $1,177 a month is 12% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 24 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 25% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Texas average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Austin College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Austin College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Austin College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Austin College listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster and 7 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Austin College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Austin College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Austin College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $3,659 per men's player, 91% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $3,658 per women's player, 105% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Austin College?
- Austin College is in Sherman, TX, in the Southwest region of the United States.
- How much does Austin College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $61,607 a year, and an average net price of $21,107 after grants and scholarships.