Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA · public · 21,790 undergraduates
Georgia Southern University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Georgia Southern University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Georgia Southern University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $13,412 per male athlete and $13,283 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 $14,738 per men's player, 40% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $14,842 per women's player, 45% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Georgia Southern University, in Statesboro, GA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
Georgia Southern University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. Georgia Southern University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the Sun Belt Conference median of 4.5, by 100%.
Georgia Southern University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2020 and as high as 11 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 9. Georgia Southern University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 125%.
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 Georgia Southern University fund its athletes?
Georgia Southern University reported 450 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 269 men and 181 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,012,242 across all sports ($3,607,946 for men's sports, $2,404,296 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 $347,870 for men's sports and $188,943 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $1,293 and $1,044 per athlete.
What is Georgia Southern University like academically?
Georgia Southern University is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 88% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1053.
The full cost of attendance is around $24,430 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $15,267 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 38% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $6,022 for GA residents and $17,734 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
55% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 78% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $53,236, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Georgia Southern University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 18% of degrees, with Health Professions, Education and others close behind.
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 (309 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (294 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (252 degrees)
- Psychology, General (239 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (221 degrees)
- Biology, General (205 degrees)
- Marketing (192 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (167 degrees)
- Criminology (159 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (157 degrees)
What is Statesboro, GA like to live in?
Georgia Southern University sits in Statesboro, a town well outside any metro area of about 34,000 people in Bulloch County, Georgia.
Household incomes in Statesboro, a median of about $42,884, sit far below the Georgia median and likewise far below the national one, 45% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $158,600, 42% below the Georgia median and a typical rent of $935 a month is 28% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 21 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 27% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 4.1 times the national share, and the median age of 23 is younger than the country's 39.
30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Georgia average of 34%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Georgia Southern University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Georgia Southern University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Sun Belt Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Sun Belt Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Georgia Southern University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Georgia Southern University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I 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 Georgia Southern University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Georgia Southern University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $13,412 per male athlete and $13,283 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 Georgia Southern University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $14,738 per men's player, 40% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $14,842 per women's player, 45% 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 Georgia Southern University?
- Georgia Southern University is in Statesboro, GA, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Georgia Southern University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $24,430 a year, and an average net price of $15,267 after grants and scholarships.