Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina, KS · private, nonprofit · 956 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Kansas Wesleyan University field?
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.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 18 players against 12, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Kansas Wesleyan University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 18 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 10, by 80%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. 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. That 2025 roster is well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 8, by 50%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. 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, about $4,854 per male athlete and $4,984 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 $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.
- 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.