Concordia University-Nebraska
Seward, NE · private, nonprofit · 1,283 undergraduates
Concordia University-Nebraska tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Concordia University-Nebraska listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 27% below the NAIA median of 11, and 16 on the women's, 78% above the NAIA median of 9. Concordia University-Nebraska does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,491 per male athlete and $6,811 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 $1,172 per men's player, 33% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,137 per women's player, 40% below the NAIA median of $1,900.
Concordia University-Nebraska, in Seward, NE, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
Concordia University-Nebraska's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. Concordia University-Nebraska lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 7, by 43%.
Concordia University-Nebraska's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2023 and as high as 16 in 2025, and ended 2025 at 16. Concordia University-Nebraska lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5, by 60%.
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 Concordia University-Nebraska fund its athletes?
Concordia University-Nebraska reported 759 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 453 men and 306 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $5,477,596 across all sports ($3,393,299 for men's sports, $2,084,297 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 $38,314 for men's sports and $22,719 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $85 and $74 per athlete.
What is Concordia University-Nebraska like academically?
Concordia University-Nebraska is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 86% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $53,292 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $23,965 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.
65% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 80% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,415, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Concordia University-Nebraska?
Education is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (17%) and Psychology (10%).
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 (76 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (39 degrees)
- Psychology, General (30 degrees)
- Biology, General (30 degrees)
- Behavioral Sciences (22 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (14 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (13 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (11 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (10 degrees)
- Religious Education (10 degrees)
What is Seward, NE like to live in?
Concordia University-Nebraska sits in Seward, a town well outside any metro area of about 7,665 people in Seward County, Nebraska.
The median household in Seward earns about $70,000, which is about the Nebraska median ($74,985) but below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Nebraska, around $232,500 and rents are typical for the state, about $986 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.7 times the national share, and the median age of 31 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Concordia University-Nebraska have a tennis program?
- Yes. Concordia University-Nebraska fields men's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Concordia University-Nebraska tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Concordia University-Nebraska listed 8 players on the men's tennis roster, 27% below the NAIA median of 11, and 16 on the women's, 78% above the NAIA 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 Concordia University-Nebraska give athletic aid for tennis?
- Concordia University-Nebraska does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,491 per male athlete and $6,811 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 Concordia University-Nebraska spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,172 per men's player, 33% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,137 per women's player, 40% 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 Concordia University-Nebraska?
- Concordia University-Nebraska is in Seward, NE, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Concordia University-Nebraska cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $53,292 a year, and an average net price of $23,965 after grants and scholarships.