Missouri Baptist University
Saint Louis, MO · private, nonprofit · 1,488 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Missouri Baptist University field?
Missouri Baptist University, in Saint Louis, MO, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 12 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Missouri Baptist University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. That 2025 roster is in line with the NAIA median of 11, and about the same distance from the Heart of America Athletic Conference median. Missouri Baptist University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 14% below the NAIA median of 7.
Missouri Baptist University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 11% below the NAIA median of 9, and in line with the Heart of America Athletic Conference median of 8. Missouri Baptist University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 20% below the NAIA 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 Missouri Baptist University fund its athletes?
Missouri Baptist University reported 780 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 492 men and 288 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $16,335,020, about $21,231 per male athlete and $20,449 per female athlete across all sports; 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 $19,655 for men's sports and $16,544 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $40 and $57 per athlete.
What is Missouri Baptist University like academically?
Missouri Baptist University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 69% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 910.
The full cost of attendance is around $49,257 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $27,006 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 45% of the sticker price on average.
48% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 65% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $46,660, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Missouri Baptist University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Health Professions, is 18% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Education and others close behind.
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 (80 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (48 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (28 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (21 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (20 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (19 degrees)
- Psychology, General (19 degrees)
- Behavioral Sciences (17 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (17 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (17 degrees)
What is Clayton, MO like to live in?
Missouri Baptist University sits in Clayton, a suburb of a large city of about 17,000 people in St. Louis County, Missouri.
Household incomes in Clayton, a median of about $128,898, sit far above the Missouri median and likewise far above the national one, 64% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Missouri: a typical home is valued around $799,200, 271% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,648 a month is 65% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 12% of workers walk and 19% work from home.
The population skews young, with a median age of 29 against 39 nationally and 18% under 18.
84% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Missouri average of 32%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Missouri Baptist University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Missouri Baptist University fields men's tennis (NAIA, Heart of America Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Heart of America Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Missouri Baptist University?
- Missouri Baptist University is in Saint Louis, MO, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Missouri Baptist University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $49,257 a year, and an average net price of $27,006 after grants and scholarships.