Millsaps College
Jackson, MS · private, nonprofit · 549 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Millsaps College field?
Millsaps College, in Jackson, MS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Southern Athletic Association.
Both rosters carried the same number of players, 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Millsaps College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 13 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Southern Athletic Association median of 13, by 38%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Millsaps College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 25%.
Millsaps College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 13 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Southern Athletic Association median of 11, by 27%, and 20% below the NCAA Division III median of 10. Millsaps College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 21% below the Southern Athletic Association median of 5.1.
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 Millsaps College fund its athletes?
Millsaps College reported 358 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 244 men and 114 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $20,615 for men's sports and $11,829 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $84 and $104 per athlete.
What is Millsaps College like academically?
Millsaps College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 43% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1181, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $60,061 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $26,034 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 57% of the sticker price on average.
57% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 58% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $53,848, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Millsaps College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 36% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (30%) and Psychology (7%).
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)
- Biology, General (32 degrees)
- Psychology, General (16 degrees)
- Sociology (10 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (9 degrees)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (9 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (9 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (8 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (7 degrees)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General (7 degrees)
What is Jackson, MS like to live in?
Millsaps College sits in Jackson, a mid-sized city of about 150,000 people in Hinds County, Mississippi.
The median household in Jackson earns about $43,238, which is below the Mississippi median ($54,915) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $108,200, 33% below the Mississippi median and a typical rent of $1,018 a month is 10% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 20 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The population skews young, with a median age of 35 against 39 nationally and 24% under 18.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Mississippi average of 24%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Millsaps College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Millsaps College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Millsaps College?
- Millsaps College is in Jackson, MS, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Millsaps College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $60,061 a year, and an average net price of $26,034 after grants and scholarships.