Blue Mountain Christian University
Blue Mountain, MS · private, nonprofit · 498 undergraduates
Blue Mountain Christian University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Blue Mountain Christian University listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NAIA medians of 11 and 9. Blue Mountain Christian University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $8,166 per male athlete and $9,897 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 $1,374 per men's player, 21% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,375 per women's player, 28% below the NAIA median of $1,900.
Blue Mountain Christian University, in Blue Mountain, MS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA.
Blue Mountain Christian University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Blue Mountain Christian University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 14% below the NAIA median of 7.
Blue Mountain Christian University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 5 players in 2020 to 6 in 2025. Blue Mountain Christian University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NAIA median of 5.
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 Blue Mountain Christian University fund its athletes?
Blue Mountain Christian University reported 323 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 205 men and 118 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $2,841,988 across all sports ($1,674,097 for men's sports, $1,167,891 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 $6,295 for men's sports and $5,665 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $31 and $48 per athlete.
What is Blue Mountain Christian University like academically?
Blue Mountain Christian University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 89% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1090.
The full cost of attendance is around $33,197 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $24,016 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 28% of the sticker price on average.
55% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 68% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $40,421, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Blue Mountain Christian University?
Education is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Parks, Recreation & Fitness (20%) and Business, Management & Marketing (20%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (31 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (29 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (19 degrees)
- Psychology, General (17 degrees)
- Bible/Biblical Studies (13 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (11 degrees)
- Biology, General (9 degrees)
- History (8 degrees)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (6 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (3 degrees)
What is Blue Mountain, MS like to live in?
Blue Mountain Christian University sits in Blue Mountain, a rural area of about 1,452 people in Tippah County, Mississippi.
The median household in Blue Mountain earns about $57,527, which is about the Mississippi median ($54,915) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $78,600, 51% below the Mississippi median and a typical rent of $627 a month is 32% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 8% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 19% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.0 times the national share, and the median age of 27 is younger than the country's 39.
12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Mississippi average of 24%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Blue Mountain Christian University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Blue Mountain Christian University fields men's tennis (NAIA) and women's tennis (NAIA), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Blue Mountain Christian University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Blue Mountain Christian University listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NAIA medians of 11 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Blue Mountain Christian University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Blue Mountain Christian University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $8,166 per male athlete and $9,897 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 Blue Mountain Christian University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,374 per men's player, 21% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,375 per women's player, 28% below the NAIA median of $1,900. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Blue Mountain Christian University?
- Blue Mountain Christian University is in Blue Mountain, MS, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Blue Mountain Christian University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $33,197 a year, and an average net price of $24,016 after grants and scholarships.