Florida State University
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Florida State University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Florida State University listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster and 9 on the women's, both in line with their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Florida State University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $15,714 per male athlete and $17,419 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 $42,012 per men's player, 299% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $31,457 per women's player, 207% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Florida State University, in Tallahassee, FL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Florida State University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2020 and as high as 14 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 10. Florida State University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 15% above the Atlantic Coast Conference median of 4.3.
Florida State University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 5 in 2022 and as high as 11 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 9. Florida State University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well above the Atlantic Coast Conference median of 3.3, by 35%.
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 State University fund its athletes?
Florida State University reported 476 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 270 men and 206 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $7,831,248 across all sports ($4,242,850 for men's sports, $3,588,398 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 $1,894,040 for men's sports and $653,805 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $7,015 and $3,174 per athlete.
What is Florida State University like academically?
Florida State University is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 24% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1361, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $25,720 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $11,297 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 56% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $5,656 for FL residents and $18,786 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
86% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 96% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $61,675, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Florida State University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Social Sciences (14%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (8%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Psychology, General (818 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (589 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (556 degrees)
- Marketing (494 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (431 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (367 degrees)
- Biology, General (347 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (320 degrees)
- International Relations and National Security Studies (298 degrees)
- Social Sciences, General (278 degrees)
What is Tallahassee, FL like to live in?
Florida State University sits in Tallahassee, a mid-sized city of about 200,000 people in Leon County, Florida.
The median household in Tallahassee earns about $55,931, which is below the Florida median ($71,711) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $276,000, 15% below the Florida median and a typical rent of $1,238 a month is 21% 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: 20% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.0 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Florida average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Florida State University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Florida State University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Florida State University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Florida State University listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster and 9 on the women's, both in line with their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Florida State University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Florida State University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $15,714 per male athlete and $17,419 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 State University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $42,012 per men's player, 299% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $31,457 per women's player, 207% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Florida State University?
- Florida State University is in Tallahassee, FL, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Florida State University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $25,720 a year, and an average net price of $11,297 after grants and scholarships.