Missouri Valley College
Marshall, MO · private, nonprofit · 1,443 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Missouri Valley College field?
Missouri Valley College, in Marshall, 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, 15 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Missouri Valley College's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 15 in 2025 and as high as 21 in 2024, and ended 2025 at 15. That 2025 roster is well above the NAIA median of 11, by 36%, and about the same distance from the Heart of America Athletic Conference median. Missouri Valley College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 7.5 players per coach, well above the Heart of America Athletic Conference median of 6, by 25%.
Missouri Valley College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 13% above the Heart of America Athletic Conference median of 8, and in line with the NAIA median of 9. Missouri Valley College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, 13% above the Heart of America Athletic Conference median of 4.
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 Valley College fund its athletes?
Missouri Valley College reported 542 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 341 men and 201 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $12,082,669, about $24,929 per male athlete and $17,821 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 $185,035 for men's sports and $94,747 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $543 and $471 per athlete.
What is Missouri Valley College like academically?
Missouri Valley College 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 974.
The full cost of attendance is around $37,899 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $18,086 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 52% of the sticker price on average.
22% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 53% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $43,221, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Missouri Valley College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 34% of degrees, followed by Education (11%) and Psychology (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (35 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (28 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (28 degrees)
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations (20 degrees)
- Agricultural Business and Management (20 degrees)
- Psychology, General (12 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (12 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (10 degrees)
- Biology, General (10 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (10 degrees)
What is Marshall, MO like to live in?
Missouri Valley College sits in Marshall, a remote town of about 14,000 people in Saline County, Missouri.
The median household in Marshall earns about $54,815, which is below the Missouri median ($68,920) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $145,900, 32% below the Missouri median and a typical rent of $769 a month is 23% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 14 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 5% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.7 times the national share, and the median age of 31 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Missouri Valley College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Missouri Valley College 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 Valley College?
- Missouri Valley College is in Marshall, MO, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Missouri Valley College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $37,899 a year, and an average net price of $18,086 after grants and scholarships.