Livingstone College
Salisbury, NC · private, nonprofit · 924 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Livingstone College field?
Livingstone College, in Salisbury, NC, fields one tennis team, women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
The latest Equity in Athletics filing lists 6 on the women's side in 2025.
Livingstone College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the NCAA Division II median of 9, by 33%, and 14% below the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association median of 7. Livingstone College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association median of 7, by 57%.
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 Livingstone College fund its athletes?
Livingstone College reported 248 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 158 men and 90 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $1,571,380, about $6,766 per male athlete and $5,582 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 $2,044 for men's sports and $2,710 for women's, tilted toward the women's side, or about $13 and $30 per athlete.
What is Livingstone College like academically?
Livingstone College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 59% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $28,305 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $13,479 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.
82% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
28% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 71% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $32,600, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Livingstone College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 26% of degrees, followed by Parks, Recreation & Fitness (19%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (12%).
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 (20 degrees)
- Social Work (18 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (17 degrees)
- Biology, General (16 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (14 degrees)
- Hospitality Administration/Management (11 degrees)
- Psychology, General (10 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (9 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (8 degrees)
- Mathematics (4 degrees)
What is Salisbury, NC like to live in?
Livingstone College sits in Salisbury, a suburb of a large city of about 36,000 people in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Household incomes in Salisbury, a median of about $51,058, sit far below the North Carolina median and likewise far below the national one, 35% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $215,200, 17% below the North Carolina median and a typical rent of $1,030 a month is 11% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 21 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 37, with 23% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the North Carolina average of 35%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Livingstone College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Livingstone College fields women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Livingstone College?
- Livingstone College is in Salisbury, NC, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Livingstone College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $28,305 a year, and an average net price of $13,479 after grants and scholarships.