Does McPherson College have a tennis program?

Yes. McPherson College 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 McPherson College?

McPherson College is in McPherson, KS, in the Plains region of the United States.

How much does McPherson College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $50,611 a year, and an average net price of $26,441 after grants and scholarships.

McPherson College

McPherson, KS · private, nonprofit · 872 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does McPherson College field?

McPherson College, in McPherson, 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, 10 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

McPherson College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. That 2025 roster is in line with the NAIA median of 11, and about the same distance from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median. McPherson College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 7, by 29%.

McPherson College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2021 and as high as 11 in 2024, and ended 2025 at 9. That 2025 roster is 13% above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 8, and in line with the NAIA median of 9. McPherson College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, 10% below the NAIA 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 McPherson College fund its athletes?

McPherson College reported 564 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 378 men and 186 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.

Athletically related student aid came to $11,972,026, about $21,691 per male athlete and $20,284 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 $16,776 for men's sports and $15,929 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $44 and $86 per athlete.

What is McPherson College like academically?

McPherson College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 77% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1058.

The full cost of attendance is around $50,611 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $26,441 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 48% of the sticker price on average.

34% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 65% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,084, above the median of $40,747.

What can you study at McPherson College?

Engineering Technologies is the largest field at 25% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (20%) and Education (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 (35 degrees)
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (28 degrees)
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (15 degrees)
Human Services, General (13 degrees)
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (8 degrees)
Criminology (7 degrees)
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (5 degrees)
Design and Applied Arts (5 degrees)
Biology, General (5 degrees)
History (5 degrees)

What is McPherson, KS like to live in?

McPherson College sits in McPherson, a remote town of about 14,000 people in McPherson County, Kansas.

Household incomes in McPherson run close to both the Kansas and national medians, around $77,746 a year.

Home values are in step with the rest of Kansas, around $204,300 and a typical rent of $898 a month is 13% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 11 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.

It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is close to the country's 39.

Frequently asked questions

Does McPherson College have a tennis program?: Yes. McPherson College 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 McPherson College?: McPherson College is in McPherson, KS, in the Plains region of the United States.
How much does McPherson College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $50,611 a year, and an average net price of $26,441 after grants and scholarships.