Evangel University
Springfield, MO · private, nonprofit · 1,229 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Evangel University field?
Evangel University, in Springfield, MO, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 20 players against 16, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Evangel University's men's tennis roster has grown over 4 years, from 12 players in 2021 to 20 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 10, by 100%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Evangel University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 10 players per coach, well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 6.5, by 54%.
Evangel University's women's tennis roster has grown over 4 years, from 10 players in 2021 to 16 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 8, by 100%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Evangel University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 4.8, by 68%.
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 Evangel University fund its athletes?
Evangel University reported 477 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 314 men and 163 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,369,557, about $7,201 per male athlete and $6,800 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 $21,776 for men's sports and $7,702 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $69 and $47 per athlete.
What is Evangel University like academically?
Evangel University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 72% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1188, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $39,956 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $18,669 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
65% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 76% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $46,573, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Evangel University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Education, is 19% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Psychology and others close behind.
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 (31 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (27 degrees)
- Biology, General (21 degrees)
- Psychology, General (15 degrees)
- Marketing (15 degrees)
- Bible/Biblical Studies (14 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (13 degrees)
- Social Work (12 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (11 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (11 degrees)
What is Springfield, MO like to live in?
Evangel 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 Evangel University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Evangel University fields men's tennis (NAIA, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Evangel University?
- Evangel University is in Springfield, MO, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Evangel University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $39,956 a year, and an average net price of $18,669 after grants and scholarships.