Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS · public · 6,353 undergraduates
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster and 9 on the women's, both above their NJCAA medians of 9 and 8. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $3,730 per male athlete and $3,217 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 $2,668 per men's player, 125% above the NJCAA median of $1,187, and $2,668 per women's player, 65% above the NJCAA median of $1,618.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, in Perkinston, MS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NJCAA.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 17% below the NJCAA median of 6.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's women's tennis roster has held at 9 players in every filing since 2020. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, in line with the NJCAA median of 4.5.
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 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College fund its athletes?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College reported 299 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 171 men and 128 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $1,049,581 across all sports ($637,831 for men's sports, $411,750 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 $10,422 for men's sports and $9,885 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $61 and $77 per athlete.
What is Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College like academically?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a mid-sized public two-year college.
The full cost of attendance is around $12,978 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $6,962 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 46% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $4,250 for MS residents and $7,850 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $33,017, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?
Health Professions is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (17%) and Engineering Technologies (10%).
The associate's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (280 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (173 degrees)
- Education, General (126 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (123 degrees)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (121 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (121 degrees)
- Engineering, General (107 degrees)
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (78 degrees)
- Psychology, General (62 degrees)
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians (59 degrees)
What is Perkinston, MS like to live in?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College sits in Perkinston, a rural area in Stone County, Mississippi.
The median household in Stone County earns about $59,307, which is about the Mississippi median ($54,915) but below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Mississippi, around $163,300 and rents are typical for the state, about $839 a month.
Commutes run long, about 37 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 39, with 22% under 18 and 17% aged 65 or over.
15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Mississippi average of 24%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College fields men's tennis (NJCAA) and women's tennis (NJCAA), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College listed 10 players on the men's tennis roster and 9 on the women's, both above their NJCAA medians of 9 and 8. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $3,730 per male athlete and $3,217 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 Gulf Coast Community College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,668 per men's player, 125% above the NJCAA median of $1,187, and $2,668 per women's player, 65% above the NJCAA median of $1,618. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is in Perkinston, MS, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $12,978 a year, and an average net price of $6,962 after grants and scholarships.