Florida Southern College
Lakeland, FL · private, nonprofit · 2,656 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Florida Southern College field?
Florida Southern College, in Lakeland, FL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Sunshine State Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 16 players against 11, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Florida Southern College's men's tennis roster has stayed between 16 and 18 players since 2020, and stood at 16 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the NCAA Division II median of 10, by 60%, and 14% above the Sunshine State Conference median of 14. Florida Southern College lists 1 head coach and 7 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division II median of 5.2, by 61%.
Florida Southern College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 22% above the NCAA Division II median of 9, and in line with the Sunshine State Conference median of 11. Florida Southern College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, well below the Sunshine State Conference median of 6, by 39%.
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 Florida Southern College fund its athletes?
Florida Southern College reported 495 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 281 men and 214 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $5,174,647, about $9,296 per male athlete and $11,975 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 $30,649 for men's sports and $22,966 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $109 and $107 per athlete.
What is Florida Southern College like academically?
Florida Southern College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 64% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1252, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $60,768 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $28,551 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
71% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 80% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $55,294, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Florida Southern College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 25% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (18%) and Visual & Performing Arts (11%).
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 (120 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (50 degrees)
- Psychology, General (48 degrees)
- Biology, General (47 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (43 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (31 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (31 degrees)
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (31 degrees)
- Computer Science (26 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (23 degrees)
What is Lakeland, FL like to live in?
Florida Southern College sits in Lakeland, a mid-sized city of about 117,000 people in Polk County, Florida.
Household incomes in Lakeland, a median of about $60,947, sit below the Florida median and likewise below the national one, 22% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $229,100, 30% below the Florida median and a typical rent of $1,299 a month is 17% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 24 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 40, with 19% under 18 and 22% aged 65 or over.
28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Florida average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Florida Southern College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Florida Southern College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Sunshine State Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Sunshine State Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Florida Southern College?
- Florida Southern College is in Lakeland, FL, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Florida Southern College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $60,768 a year, and an average net price of $28,551 after grants and scholarships.