Drury University
Springfield, MO · private, nonprofit · 1,383 undergraduates
Drury University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Drury University listed 14 players on the men's tennis roster, 40% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division II median of 9. Drury University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,534 per male athlete and $11,808 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 $2,555 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $2,524 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Drury University, in Springfield, MO, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Drury University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 13 in 2020 and as high as 17 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 14. Drury University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, well above the Great Lakes Valley Conference median of 3.8, by 83%.
Drury University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 11 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 10. Drury University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the Great Lakes Valley 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 Drury University fund its athletes?
Drury University reported 442 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 246 men and 196 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,659,851 across all sports ($2,345,438 for men's sports, $2,314,413 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 $36,219 for men's sports and $24,331 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $147 and $124 per athlete.
What is Drury University like academically?
Drury University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 58% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1218, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $48,846 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,831 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 57% of the sticker price on average.
62% 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 $40,694, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Drury University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Biological & Biomedical Sciences, is 17% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Architecture and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Architecture (30 degrees)
- Biology, General (29 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (28 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (24 degrees)
- Design and Applied Arts (23 degrees)
- Psychology, General (18 degrees)
- Marketing (18 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (17 degrees)
- Criminology (17 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (15 degrees)
What is Springfield, MO like to live in?
Drury University sits in Springfield, a mid-sized city of about 169,000 people in Greene County, Missouri.
Household incomes in Springfield, a median of about $45,984, sit far below the Missouri median and likewise far below the national one, 41% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $165,200, 23% below the Missouri median and rents are typical for the state, about $920 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.1 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Drury University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Drury University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Drury University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Drury University listed 14 players on the men's tennis roster, 40% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division II 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 Drury University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Drury University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,534 per male athlete and $11,808 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 Drury University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,555 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $2,524 per women's player, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $2,622. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Drury University?
- Drury University is in Springfield, MO, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Drury University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $48,846 a year, and an average net price of $20,831 after grants and scholarships.