Does Doane University have a tennis program?

Yes. Doane University 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.

Where is Doane University?

Doane University is in Crete, NE, in the Plains region of the United States.

How much does Doane University cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $57,836 a year, and an average net price of $26,364 after grants and scholarships.

Doane University

Crete, NE · private, nonprofit · 978 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Doane University field?

Doane University, in Crete, NE, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

The men's roster is the larger of the two, 9 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Doane University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 18% below the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 11, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Doane University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 7, by 36%.

Doane University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2024 and as high as 12 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 8. That 2025 roster is 20% below the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 10, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Doane University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 20% below the Great Plains Athletic Conference 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 Doane University fund its athletes?

Doane University reported 502 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 300 men and 202 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.

Athletically related student aid came to $5,989,986, about $11,772 per male athlete and $12,171 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 $24,473 for men's sports and $13,590 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $82 and $67 per athlete.

What is Doane University like academically?

Doane University is a small 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 $57,836 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $26,364 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 54% of the sticker price on average.

57% 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 $53,316, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Doane University?

No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 16% of degrees, with Education, Liberal Arts & Sciences 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 (56 degrees)
Engineering, General (21 degrees)
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (18 degrees)
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (15 degrees)
Biology, General (14 degrees)
Psychology, General (13 degrees)
Sociology (12 degrees)
Agricultural Business and Management (12 degrees)
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (12 degrees)
Special Education and Teaching (11 degrees)

What is Crete, NE like to live in?

Doane University sits in Crete, a town well outside any metro area of about 7,521 people in Saline County, Nebraska.

Household incomes in Crete run close to both the Nebraska and national medians, around $76,258 a year.

Home values are in step with the rest of Nebraska, around $203,900 and a typical rent of $846 a month is 18% under the state figure.

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 1.5 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.

17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Nebraska average of 34%.

Frequently asked questions

Does Doane University have a tennis program?: Yes. Doane University 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.
Where is Doane University?: Doane University is in Crete, NE, in the Plains region of the United States.
How much does Doane University cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $57,836 a year, and an average net price of $26,364 after grants and scholarships.