Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI · private, nonprofit · 3,134 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Davenport University field?
Davenport University, in Grand Rapids, MI, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 11 players against 10, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Davenport University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 6 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 22% above the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 9, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. Davenport University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.8 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division II median of 5.2, by 47%.
Davenport University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 11% above the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference median of 9, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. Davenport University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division II median of 5, by 50%.
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 Davenport University fund its athletes?
Davenport University reported 697 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 381 men and 316 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $5,822,682, about $9,271 per male athlete and $7,248 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 $67,505 for men's sports and $40,039 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $177 and $127 per athlete.
What is Davenport University like academically?
Davenport University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 98% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $37,319 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,707 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
57% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 82% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $45,099, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Davenport University?
Business, Management & Marketing dominates: it accounts for 48% of degrees awarded, with Health Professions a distant second at 29%.
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 (209 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (184 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (101 degrees)
- Marketing (61 degrees)
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (59 degrees)
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (57 degrees)
- Computer Science (47 degrees)
- Human Resources Management and Services (34 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (31 degrees)
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications (30 degrees)
What is Grand Rapids, MI like to live in?
Davenport University sits in Grand Rapids, a suburb of a large city of about 198,000 people in Kent County, Michigan.
The median household in Grand Rapids earns about $65,526, which is about the Michigan median ($71,149) but below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Michigan, around $225,500 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,191 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.
40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Michigan average of 32%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Davenport University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Davenport University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Davenport University?
- Davenport University is in Grand Rapids, MI, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Davenport University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $37,319 a year, and an average net price of $17,707 after grants and scholarships.