Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA · private, nonprofit · 5,198 undergraduates
Gonzaga University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Gonzaga University listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster, 40% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Gonzaga University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $18,927 per male athlete and $21,177 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 $22,795 per men's player, 117% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $18,180 per women's player, 77% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Gonzaga University, in Spokane, WA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the West Coast Conference and the West Coast Conference[C 3].
Gonzaga University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. Gonzaga University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 33%.
Gonzaga University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. Gonzaga University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, 13% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
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 Gonzaga University fund its athletes?
Gonzaga University reported 373 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 179 men and 194 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $7,496,332 across all sports ($3,387,968 for men's sports, $4,108,364 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 $406,480 for men's sports and $448,445 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $2,271 and $2,312 per athlete.
What is Gonzaga University like academically?
Gonzaga University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 82% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1335, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $73,178 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $35,119 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.
86% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 93% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $78,892, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Gonzaga University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (10%) and Psychology (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business/Commerce, General (260 degrees)
- Psychology, General (108 degrees)
- Biology, General (96 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (82 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (68 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (55 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (49 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (46 degrees)
- Criminology (44 degrees)
- Computer Science (44 degrees)
What is Spokane, WA like to live in?
Gonzaga University sits in Spokane, a mid-sized city of about 229,000 people in Spokane County, Washington.
The median household in Spokane earns about $65,745, which is far below the Washington median ($94,952) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $326,200, 37% below the Washington median and a typical rent of $1,141 a month is 32% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 21 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 37, with 20% under 18 and 16% aged 65 or over.
33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Washington average of 39%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Gonzaga University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Gonzaga University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, West Coast Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, West Coast Conference[C 3]), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Gonzaga University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Gonzaga University listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster, 40% 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 Gonzaga University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Gonzaga University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $18,927 per male athlete and $21,177 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 Gonzaga University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $22,795 per men's player, 117% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $18,180 per women's player, 77% 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 Gonzaga University?
- Gonzaga University is in Spokane, WA, in the Far West region of the United States.
- How much does Gonzaga University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $73,178 a year, and an average net price of $35,119 after grants and scholarships.