Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS · public · 1,439 undergraduates
Mississippi Valley State University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Mississippi Valley State University listed 5 players on the men's tennis roster and 5 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Mississippi Valley State University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $5,106 per male athlete and $6,918 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 $3,176 per men's player, 70% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $3,176 per women's player, 69% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Mississippi Valley State University, in Itta Bena, MS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Mississippi Valley State University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 5 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. Mississippi Valley State University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the Southwestern Athletic Conference median of 6, by 58%.
Mississippi Valley State University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 5 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. Mississippi Valley State University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the Southwestern Athletic Conference median of 4.5, by 44%.
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 Valley State University fund its athletes?
Mississippi Valley State University reported 266 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 176 men and 90 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $1,521,332 across all sports ($898,694 for men's sports, $622,638 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 $2,222 for men's sports and $706 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $13 and $8 per athlete.
What is Mississippi Valley State University like academically?
Mississippi Valley State University is a small public university offering graduate degrees that admits 92% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 870.
The full cost of attendance is around $21,154 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $9,686 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 54% of the sticker price on average.
56% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
27% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 70% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $31,919, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Mississippi Valley State University?
Liberal Arts & Sciences is the largest field at 29% of degrees, followed by Education (18%) and Business, Management & Marketing (17%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (35 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (26 degrees)
- Social Work (23 degrees)
- Biology, General (22 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (19 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (17 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (15 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (11 degrees)
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (11 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (7 degrees)
What is Itta Bena, MS like to live in?
Mississippi Valley State University sits in Itta Bena, a rural area of about 1,735 people in Leflore County, Mississippi.
Household incomes in Itta Bena, a median of about $32,898, sit far below the Mississippi median and likewise far below the national one, 58% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $100,200, 38% below the Mississippi median and a typical rent of $548 a month is 41% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 43 against 39, with 21% aged 65 or over.
13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Mississippi average of 24%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Mississippi Valley State University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Mississippi Valley State University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Southwestern Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Southwestern Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Mississippi Valley State University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Mississippi Valley State University listed 5 players on the men's tennis roster and 5 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Mississippi Valley State University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Mississippi Valley State University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $5,106 per male athlete and $6,918 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 Valley State University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $3,176 per men's player, 70% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $3,176 per women's player, 69% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Mississippi Valley State University?
- Mississippi Valley State University is in Itta Bena, MS, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Mississippi Valley State University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $21,154 a year, and an average net price of $9,686 after grants and scholarships.