Midland University
Fremont, NE · private, nonprofit · 1,159 undergraduates
Midland University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Midland University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NAIA median of 11, and 4 on the women's, 56% below the NAIA median of 9. Midland University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $17,934 per male athlete and $11,965 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 $1,422 per men's player, 19% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $2,700 per women's player, 42% above the NAIA median of $1,900.
Midland University, in Fremont, NE, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
Midland University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 11 in 2025 and as high as 20 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 11. Midland University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 11 players per coach, well above the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5.8, by 91%.
Midland University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 4 players in 2025, down from 7 in 2020. Midland University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 20% below the Great Plains Athletic Conference 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 Midland University fund its athletes?
Midland University reported 967 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 609 men and 358 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $15,205,324 across all sports ($10,921,817 for men's sports, $4,283,507 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 $55,132 for men's sports and $35,430 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $91 and $99 per athlete.
What is Midland University like academically?
Midland University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 66% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1086.
The full cost of attendance is around $55,719 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $26,267 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
42% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 69% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,163, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Midland University?
Education is the largest field at 24% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (21%) and Health Professions (15%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Education, General (36 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (29 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (29 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (26 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (16 degrees)
- Marketing (12 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (11 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (11 degrees)
- Human Services, General (9 degrees)
- Biology, General (9 degrees)
What is Fremont, NE like to live in?
Midland University sits in Fremont, a town well outside any metro area of about 27,000 people in Dodge County, Nebraska.
Household incomes in Fremont, a median of about $67,179, sit below the Nebraska median and likewise below the national one, 14% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $194,400, 13% below the Nebraska median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,005 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 25% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Nebraska average of 34%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Midland University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Midland University fields men's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Midland University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Midland University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NAIA median of 11, and 4 on the women's, 56% below the NAIA 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 Midland University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Midland University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $17,934 per male athlete and $11,965 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 Midland University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,422 per men's player, 19% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $2,700 per women's player, 42% above 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 Midland University?
- Midland University is in Fremont, NE, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Midland University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $55,719 a year, and an average net price of $26,267 after grants and scholarships.