Hastings College
Hastings, NE · private, nonprofit · 891 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Hastings College field?
Hastings College, in Hastings, NE, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
The women's roster is the larger of the two, 10 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Hastings College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well below the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 11, by 27%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Hastings College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 7, by 43%.
Hastings College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2024 and as high as 12 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 10. That 2025 roster is 11% above the NAIA median of 9, and in line with the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 10. Hastings College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, in line with the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5.
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 Hastings College fund its athletes?
Hastings College reported 629 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 382 men and 247 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $5,809,278, about $9,326 per male athlete and $9,096 per female athlete across all sports; 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 $15,926 for men's sports and $12,471 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $42 and $50 per athlete.
What is Hastings College like academically?
Hastings College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 72% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1320, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $51,422 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $24,452 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.
49% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 66% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $51,303, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Hastings College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Education (15%) and Visual & Performing Arts (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 (34 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (20 degrees)
- Psychology, General (17 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (17 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (12 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (12 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (12 degrees)
- Biology, General (11 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (11 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (8 degrees)
What is Hastings, NE like to live in?
Hastings College sits in Hastings, a town well outside any metro area of about 25,000 people in Adams County, Nebraska.
Household incomes in Hastings, a median of about $61,202, sit below the Nebraska median and likewise below the national one, 22% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $177,200, 21% below the Nebraska median and a typical rent of $858 a month is 17% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 15 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 37, with 23% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Nebraska average of 34%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Hastings College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Hastings College fields men's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Hastings College?
- Hastings College is in Hastings, NE, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Hastings College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $51,422 a year, and an average net price of $24,452 after grants and scholarships.