Missouri State University-Springfield
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Missouri State University-Springfield tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Missouri State University-Springfield listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9. Missouri State University-Springfield does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,915 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 on the women's team ran $8,356 per player in 2025, 18% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Missouri State University-Springfield, in Springfield, MO, fields one tennis team, women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I.
Missouri State University-Springfield's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 14 in 2020. Missouri State University-Springfield lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.
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 State University-Springfield fund its athletes?
Missouri State University-Springfield reported 462 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 203 men and 259 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,651,997 across all sports ($3,565,934 for men's sports, $3,086,063 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 $455,661 for men's sports and $248,410 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $2,245 and $959 per athlete.
What is Missouri State University-Springfield like academically?
Missouri State University-Springfield is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 91% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1122, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $25,048 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,613 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 30% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $9,502 for MO residents and $18,770 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
58% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 77% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $49,827, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Missouri State University-Springfield?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 18% of degrees, with Education, Social 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.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (376 degrees)
- Psychology, General (263 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (181 degrees)
- Marketing (177 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (138 degrees)
- Biology, General (127 degrees)
- Criminology (116 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (110 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (108 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (98 degrees)
What is Springfield, MO like to live in?
Missouri State University-Springfield sits in Springfield, a mid-sized city of about 169,000 people in Greene County, Missouri.
Household incomes in Springfield, a median of about $45,984, sit far below the Missouri median and likewise far below the national one, 41% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $165,200, 23% below the Missouri median and rents are typical for the state, about $920 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.1 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Missouri State University-Springfield have a tennis program?
- Yes. Missouri State University-Springfield fields women's tennis (NCAA Division I), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Missouri State University-Springfield tennis team?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Missouri State University-Springfield listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster, 11% above the NCAA Division I 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 Missouri State University-Springfield give athletic aid for tennis?
- Missouri State University-Springfield does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,915 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 Missouri State University-Springfield spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team ran $8,356 per player in 2025, 18% 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 Missouri State University-Springfield?
- Missouri State University-Springfield is in Springfield, MO, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Missouri State University-Springfield cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $25,048 a year, and an average net price of $17,613 after grants and scholarships.