Grambling State University
Grambling, LA · public · 4,164 undergraduates
Grambling State University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Grambling State University listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster, 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 9. Grambling State University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $10,431 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 on the women's team ran $250 per player in 2025, 98% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Grambling State University, in Grambling, LA, fields one tennis team, women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Grambling State University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 5 in 2024 and as high as 9 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 8. Grambling State University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 100%.
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 Grambling State University fund its athletes?
Grambling State University reported 400 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 250 men and 150 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,950,097 across all sports ($2,385,514 for men's sports, $1,564,583 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 $41,119 for men's sports and $26,527 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $164 and $177 per athlete.
What is Grambling State University like academically?
Grambling State University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 45% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 943.
The full cost of attendance is around $25,367 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $19,809 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 22% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $7,683 for LA residents and $16,706 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
75% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
36% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 66% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $41,109, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Grambling State University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 16% of degrees, with Homeland Security & Law Enforcement, Biological & Biomedical Sciences and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (145 degrees)
- Biology, General (78 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (49 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (38 degrees)
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies (37 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (35 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (30 degrees)
- Psychology, General (29 degrees)
- Social Work (28 degrees)
- Marketing (26 degrees)
What is Grambling, LA like to live in?
Grambling State University sits in Grambling, a town well outside any metro area of about 5,302 people in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
Household incomes in Grambling, a median of about $17,670, sit far below the Louisiana median and likewise far below the national one, 78% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $176,000, 16% below the Louisiana median and a typical rent of $518 a month is 50% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 20 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 5% of workers walk and 25% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 23% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.5 times the national share, and the median age of 21 is younger than the country's 39.
32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Louisiana average of 27%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Grambling State University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Grambling State University fields women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Southwestern Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Grambling State University tennis team?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Grambling State University listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster, 11% below 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 Grambling State University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Grambling State University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $10,431 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 Grambling State University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team ran $250 per player in 2025, 98% below 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 Grambling State University?
- Grambling State University is in Grambling, LA, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Grambling State University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $25,367 a year, and an average net price of $19,809 after grants and scholarships.
