McPherson College
McPherson, KS · private, nonprofit · 872 undergraduates
McPherson College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, McPherson College listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster and 9 on the women's, both in line with their NAIA medians of 11 and 9. McPherson College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $21,691 per male athlete and $20,284 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 $1,019 per men's player, 42% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $759 per women's player, 60% below the NAIA median of $1,900.
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.
McPherson College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. 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. 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 across all sports ($8,199,166 for men's sports, $3,772,860 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 $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.
- How many players are on the McPherson College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, McPherson College listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster and 9 on the women's, both in line with 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 McPherson College give athletic aid for tennis?
- McPherson College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $21,691 per male athlete and $20,284 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 McPherson College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,019 per men's player, 42% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $759 per women's player, 60% 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 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.