Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mount Vernon, OH · private, nonprofit · 1,358 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Mount Vernon Nazarene University field?
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, in Mount Vernon, OH, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Crossroads League.
Both rosters carried the same number of players, 6, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 7 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Crossroads League median of 12, by 48%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Mount Vernon Nazarene University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 7, by 57%.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Crossroads League median of 11, by 43%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Mount Vernon Nazarene University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 5, by 40%.
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 Mount Vernon Nazarene University fund its athletes?
Mount Vernon Nazarene University reported 406 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 230 men and 176 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $1,930,144, about $4,408 per male athlete and $5,206 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 $28,792 for men's sports and $26,441 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $125 and $150 per athlete.
What is Mount Vernon Nazarene University like academically?
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 84% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1131, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $49,858 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,421 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.
68% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 79% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $49,555, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Mount Vernon Nazarene University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Education (14%) and Public Administration & Social Service (12%).
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 (48 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (39 degrees)
- Social Work (31 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (28 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (17 degrees)
- Biology, General (16 degrees)
- Psychology, General (16 degrees)
- Religious Education (14 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (13 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (12 degrees)
What is South Mount Vernon, OH like to live in?
Mount Vernon Nazarene University sits in South Mount Vernon, a town well outside any metro area of about 702 people in Knox County, Ohio.
Household incomes in South Mount Vernon, a median of about $50,234, sit far below the Ohio median and likewise far below the national one, 36% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Ohio, around $218,300 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,073 a month.
Commutes average about 27 minutes, close to the national average, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The population skews young, with a median age of 30 against 39 nationally and 26% under 18.
16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Ohio average of 31%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Mount Vernon Nazarene University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Mount Vernon Nazarene University fields men's tennis (NAIA, Crossroads League) and women's tennis (NAIA, Crossroads League), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Mount Vernon Nazarene University?
- Mount Vernon Nazarene University is in Mount Vernon, OH, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Mount Vernon Nazarene University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $49,858 a year, and an average net price of $22,421 after grants and scholarships.