Berea College
Berea, KY · private, nonprofit · 1,513 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Berea College field?
Berea College, in Berea, KY, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The women's roster is the larger of the two, 9 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Berea College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 12, by 33%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Berea College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 50%.
Berea College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2021 and as high as 11 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 9. That 2025 roster is 18% below the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 11, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Berea College 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 III median of 5, by 80%.
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 Berea College fund its athletes?
Berea College reported 215 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 118 men and 97 women, close to an even split.
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 $396 for men's sports and $3,224 for women's, tilted toward the women's side, or about $3 and $33 per athlete.
What is Berea College like academically?
Berea College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 19% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1249, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $60,718 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $6,106 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 90% of the sticker price on average.
84% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
58% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 79% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $43,150, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Berea College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Computer & Information Sciences, is 11% of degrees, with Visual & Performing Arts, Business, Management & Marketing 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 Administration, Management and Operations (24 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (22 degrees)
- Biology, General (21 degrees)
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (19 degrees)
- Psychology, General (17 degrees)
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (17 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (15 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (15 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (14 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (12 degrees)
What is Berea, KY like to live in?
Berea College sits in Berea, a town well outside any metro area of about 16,000 people in Madison County, Kentucky.
The median household in Berea earns about $56,484, which is about the Kentucky median ($62,417) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Kentucky, around $178,000 and a typical rent of $806 a month is 14% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 8% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Berea College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Berea College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Berea College?
- Berea College is in Berea, KY, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Berea College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $60,718 a year, and an average net price of $6,106 after grants and scholarships.