Florida Southern College
Lakeland, FL · private, nonprofit · 2,656 undergraduates
Florida Southern College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Florida Southern College listed 16 players on the men's tennis roster, 60% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 11 on the women's, 22% above the NCAA Division II median of 9. Florida Southern College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,296 per male athlete and $11,975 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 $2,873 per men's player, 19% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,598 per women's player, 37% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
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.
Florida Southern College's men's tennis roster has stayed between 16 and 18 players since 2020, and stood at 16 in 2025. 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. 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 across all sports ($2,612,076 for men's sports, $2,562,571 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 $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.
- How many players are on the Florida Southern College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Florida Southern College listed 16 players on the men's tennis roster, 60% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 11 on the women's, 22% 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 Florida Southern College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Florida Southern College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,296 per male athlete and $11,975 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 Florida Southern College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,873 per men's player, 19% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,598 per women's player, 37% above 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 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.