Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY · private, nonprofit · 2,161 undergraduates
Bellarmine University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Bellarmine University listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Bellarmine University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,445 per male athlete and $17,414 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $10,591 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $10,650 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Bellarmine University, in Louisville, KY, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and the Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1].
Bellarmine University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. Bellarmine University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 41%.
Bellarmine University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. Bellarmine University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 125%.
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 Bellarmine University fund its athletes?
Bellarmine University reported 487 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 311 men and 176 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,002,458 across all sports ($2,937,539 for men's sports, $3,064,919 for women's); tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $85,177 for men's sports and $68,943 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $274 and $392 per athlete.
What is Bellarmine University like academically?
Bellarmine University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 86% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1210, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $61,691 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $21,499 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 65% of the sticker price on average.
64% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 75% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $62,069, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Bellarmine University?
Health Professions is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (17%) and Psychology (11%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (113 degrees)
- Psychology, General (76 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (61 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (53 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (42 degrees)
- Biology, General (30 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (25 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (21 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (18 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (18 degrees)
What is Louisville, KY like to live in?
Bellarmine University sits in Louisville, a large city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
The median household in Jefferson County earns about $67,849, which is about the Kentucky median ($62,417) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Kentucky: a typical home is valued around $237,200, 23% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,097 a month is 18% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 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 22% under 18 and 17% aged 65 or over.
37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Kentucky average of 27%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Bellarmine University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Bellarmine University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic Sun Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1]), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Bellarmine University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Bellarmine University listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Bellarmine University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Bellarmine University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,445 per male athlete and $17,414 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Bellarmine University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $10,591 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $10,650 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Bellarmine University?
- Bellarmine University is in Louisville, KY, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Bellarmine University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $61,691 a year, and an average net price of $21,499 after grants and scholarships.