Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina, KS · private, nonprofit · 956 undergraduates
Kansas Wesleyan University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Kansas Wesleyan University listed 18 players on the men's tennis roster and 12 on the women's, both above their NAIA medians of 11 and 9. Kansas Wesleyan University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $4,854 per male athlete and $4,984 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 $798 per men's player, 54% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,033 per women's player, 46% below the NAIA median of $1,900.
Kansas Wesleyan University, in Salina, KS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Kansas Wesleyan University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 18 in 2025. Kansas Wesleyan University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 18 players per coach, well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 6.5, by 177%.
Kansas Wesleyan University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. Kansas Wesleyan University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 12 players per coach, well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 4.8, by 153%.
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 Kansas Wesleyan University fund its athletes?
Kansas Wesleyan University reported 807 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 495 men and 312 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,957,889 across all sports ($2,402,776 for men's sports, $1,555,113 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 $24,834 for men's sports and $10,671 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $50 and $34 per athlete.
What is Kansas Wesleyan University like academically?
Kansas Wesleyan University 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%.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,437 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,671 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median 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 60% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $51,152, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Kansas Wesleyan University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 24% of degrees, followed by Parks, Recreation & Fitness (15%) and Health Professions (15%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (32 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (24 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (20 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (20 degrees)
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (11 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (9 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (8 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (8 degrees)
- Chemistry (7 degrees)
- Psychology, General (7 degrees)
What is Salina, KS like to live in?
Kansas Wesleyan University sits in Salina, a remote town of about 46,000 people in Saline County, Kansas.
Household incomes in Salina, a median of about $60,624, sit below the Kansas median and likewise below the national one, 23% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $164,500, 19% below the Kansas median and a typical rent of $911 a month is 11% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 14 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 39, with 23% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Kansas average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Kansas Wesleyan University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Kansas Wesleyan 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 Kansas Wesleyan University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Kansas Wesleyan University listed 18 players on the men's tennis roster and 12 on the women's, both above their NAIA medians of 11 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Kansas Wesleyan University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Kansas Wesleyan University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $4,854 per male athlete and $4,984 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 Kansas Wesleyan University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $798 per men's player, 54% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $1,033 per women's player, 46% below 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 Kansas Wesleyan University?
- Kansas Wesleyan University is in Salina, KS, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Kansas Wesleyan University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,437 a year, and an average net price of $22,671 after grants and scholarships.