Friends University
Wichita, KS · private, nonprofit · 1,048 undergraduates
Friends University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Friends University listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NAIA median of 11, and 6 on the women's, 33% below the NAIA median of 9. Friends University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $6,119 per male athlete and $5,290 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 $979 per men's player, 44% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,900 per women's player, in line with the NAIA median of $1,900.
Friends University, in Wichita, KS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Friends University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 14 in 2020. Friends University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 7, by 29%.
Friends University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 13 in 2020. Friends University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 5, by 40%.
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 Friends University fund its athletes?
Friends University reported 713 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 407 men and 306 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,109,123 across all sports ($2,490,448 for men's sports, $1,618,675 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 $20,844 for men's sports and $25,462 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $51 and $83 per athlete.
What is Friends University like academically?
Friends University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 55% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1080.
The full cost of attendance is around $50,482 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $27,715 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 45% of the sticker price on average.
43% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 65% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,113, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Friends University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 26% of degrees, followed by Liberal Arts & Sciences (12%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (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 (51 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (39 degrees)
- Psychology, General (27 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (16 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (15 degrees)
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management (15 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (11 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (11 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (8 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (8 degrees)
What is Wichita, KS like to live in?
Friends University sits in Wichita, a large city of about 396,000 people in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Household incomes in Wichita, a median of about $63,072, sit below the Kansas median and likewise below the national one, 20% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $179,500, 12% below the Kansas median and rents are typical for the state, about $960 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 25% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Kansas average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Friends University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Friends 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.
- How many players are on the Friends University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Friends University listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NAIA median of 11, and 6 on the women's, 33% below the NAIA 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 Friends University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Friends University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $6,119 per male athlete and $5,290 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 Friends University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $979 per men's player, 44% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,900 per women's player, in line with the NAIA median of $1,900. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Friends University?
- Friends University is in Wichita, KS, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Friends University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $50,482 a year, and an average net price of $27,715 after grants and scholarships.