Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA · private, nonprofit · 50,012 undergraduates
Liberty University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Liberty University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. Liberty University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $21,290 per male athlete and $19,058 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 $19,796 per men's player, 88% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $15,502 per women's player, 51% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Liberty University, in Lynchburg, VA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Conference USA.
Liberty University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. Liberty University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, in line with the Conference USA median of 4.8.
Liberty University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. Liberty University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.
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 Liberty University fund its athletes?
Liberty University reported 551 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 275 men and 276 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $11,114,877 across all sports ($5,854,791 for men's sports, $5,260,086 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 $1,020,558 for men's sports and $423,082 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $3,711 and $1,533 per athlete.
What is Liberty University like academically?
Liberty University is a large private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 99% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $42,025 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,357 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 30% of the sticker price on average.
65% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 80% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $44,813, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Liberty University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 19% of degrees, with Multidisciplinary Studies, Psychology and others close behind.
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 (1603 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (1368 degrees)
- Psychology, General (1211 degrees)
- Religion/Religious Studies (662 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (604 degrees)
- Air Transportation (440 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (378 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (253 degrees)
- History (248 degrees)
- Social Work (238 degrees)
What is Lynchburg, VA like to live in?
Liberty University sits in Lynchburg, a small city of about 79,000 people in Lynchburg city, Virginia.
The median household in Lynchburg earns about $59,808, which is far below the Virginia median ($90,974) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $211,800, 41% below the Virginia median and a typical rent of $1,043 a month is 31% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 5% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.5 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Liberty University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Liberty University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Conference USA) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Conference USA), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Liberty University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Liberty University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above 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 Liberty University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Liberty University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $21,290 per male athlete and $19,058 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 Liberty University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $19,796 per men's player, 88% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $15,502 per women's player, 51% 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 Liberty University?
- Liberty University is in Lynchburg, VA, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Liberty University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $42,025 a year, and an average net price of $29,357 after grants and scholarships.