Creighton University
Omaha, NE · private, nonprofit · 4,348 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Creighton University field?
Creighton University, in Omaha, NE, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big East Conference.
The women's roster is the larger of the two, 10 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Creighton University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 20% below the Big East Conference median of 10, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division I median. Creighton University 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 Big East Conference median of 3, by 167%.
Creighton University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2024 and as high as 13 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 10. That 2025 roster is 11% above the Big East Conference median of 9, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division I median. Creighton University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the Big East Conference median of 4, by 25%.
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 Creighton University fund its athletes?
Creighton University reported 296 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 126 men and 170 women, with women outnumbering men.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,338,425, about $22,577 per male athlete and $20,551 per female athlete across all sports; 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 $637,737 for men's sports and $265,152 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $5,061 and $1,560 per athlete.
What is Creighton University like academically?
Creighton University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 80% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1321, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $63,423 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $31,568 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 50% of the sticker price on average.
83% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 94% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $73,911, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Creighton University?
Health Professions is the largest field at 32% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (24%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (19%).
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 (342 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (143 degrees)
- Biology, General (95 degrees)
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (86 degrees)
- Marketing (75 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (74 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (61 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (48 degrees)
- Economics (47 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (47 degrees)
What is Omaha, NE like to live in?
Creighton University sits in Omaha, a large city of about 488,000 people in Douglas County, Nebraska.
Household incomes in Omaha run close to both the Nebraska and national medians, around $72,708 a year.
Home values are in step with the rest of Nebraska, around $230,100 and a typical rent of $1,150 a month is 11% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 20 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 35, with 25% under 18 and 14% aged 65 or over.
40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Nebraska average of 34%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Creighton University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Creighton University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big East Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big East Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Creighton University?
- Creighton University is in Omaha, NE, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Creighton University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $63,423 a year, and an average net price of $31,568 after grants and scholarships.