Mississippi College
Clinton, MS · private, nonprofit · 2,518 undergraduates
Mississippi College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Mississippi College listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division II median of 9. Mississippi College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $8,538 per male athlete and $12,847 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 $1,385 per men's player, 43% below the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $448 per women's player, 83% below the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Mississippi College, in Clinton, MS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Gulf South Conference.
Mississippi College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. Mississippi College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well below the Gulf South Conference median of 7, by 29%.
Mississippi College's women's tennis roster has stayed between 9 and 10 players since 2020, and stood at 10 in 2025. Mississippi College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 10 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division II median of 5, by 100%.
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 Mississippi College fund its athletes?
Mississippi College reported 411 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 269 men and 142 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,120,854 across all sports ($2,296,611 for men's sports, $1,824,243 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 $20,359 for men's sports and $19,520 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $76 and $137 per athlete.
What is Mississippi College like academically?
Mississippi College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 29% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1090.
The full cost of attendance is around $41,214 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $27,712 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 33% of the sticker price on average.
59% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 78% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $47,485, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Mississippi College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Health Professions, is 18% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Biological & Biomedical Sciences and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (123 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (67 degrees)
- Biology, General (60 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (34 degrees)
- Psychology, General (30 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (30 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (29 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (26 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (21 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (21 degrees)
What is Clinton, MS like to live in?
Mississippi College sits in Clinton, a suburb of a large city of about 27,000 people in Hinds County, Mississippi.
The median household in Clinton earns about $70,913, which is far above the Mississippi median ($54,915) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Mississippi: a typical home is valued around $220,400, 37% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,135 a month is 23% over the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 37, with 26% under 18 and 16% aged 65 or over.
48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Mississippi average of 24%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Mississippi College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Mississippi College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Gulf South Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Gulf South Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Mississippi College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Mississippi College listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NCAA Division II 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 Mississippi College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Mississippi College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $8,538 per male athlete and $12,847 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 Mississippi College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,385 per men's player, 43% below the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $448 per women's player, 83% below the NCAA Division II median of $2,622. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Mississippi College?
- Mississippi College is in Clinton, MS, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Mississippi College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $41,214 a year, and an average net price of $27,712 after grants and scholarships.