New Mexico State University-Main Campus
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New Mexico State University-Main Campus tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, New Mexico State University-Main Campus listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. New Mexico State University-Main Campus does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $20,101 per male athlete and $19,580 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 $8,351 per men's player, 21% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $12,436 per women's player, 21% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
New Mexico State University-Main Campus, in Las Cruces, NM, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Conference USA.
New Mexico State University-Main Campus's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2022 and as high as 12 in 2024, and ended 2025 at 11. New Mexico State University-Main Campus lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 11 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 144%.
New Mexico State University-Main Campus's women's tennis roster has stayed between 8 and 9 players since 2020, and stood at 9 in 2025. New Mexico State University-Main Campus lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 125%.
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 New Mexico State University-Main Campus fund its athletes?
New Mexico State University-Main Campus reported 441 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 247 men and 194 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $8,763,381 across all sports ($4,964,881 for men's sports, $3,798,500 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 $585,465 for men's sports and $111,970 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $2,370 and $577 per athlete.
What is New Mexico State University-Main Campus like academically?
New Mexico State University-Main Campus is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 89% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1011.
The full cost of attendance is around $23,274 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $8,889 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 62% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $8,183 for NM residents and $25,307 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
55% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 73% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $39,067, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at New Mexico State University-Main Campus?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 14% of degrees, with Engineering, Health Professions and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (153 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (149 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (129 degrees)
- Biology, General (122 degrees)
- Psychology, General (113 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (108 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (106 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (92 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (75 degrees)
- Marketing (72 degrees)
What is Las Cruces, NM like to live in?
New Mexico State University-Main Campus sits in Las Cruces, a suburb of about 113,000 people in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
The median household in Las Cruces earns about $55,176, which is below the New Mexico median ($62,125) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of New Mexico, around $217,400 and rents are typical for the state, about $946 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
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 33 is younger than the country's 39.
37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the New Mexico average of 30%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does New Mexico State University-Main Campus have a tennis program?
- Yes. New Mexico State University-Main Campus fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Conference USA) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Conference USA), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the New Mexico State University-Main Campus tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, New Mexico State University-Main Campus listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with 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 New Mexico State University-Main Campus give athletic aid for tennis?
- New Mexico State University-Main Campus does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $20,101 per male athlete and $19,580 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 New Mexico State University-Main Campus spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $8,351 per men's player, 21% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $12,436 per women's player, 21% above 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 New Mexico State University-Main Campus?
- New Mexico State University-Main Campus is in Las Cruces, NM, in the Southwest region of the United States.
- How much does New Mexico State University-Main Campus cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $23,274 a year, and an average net price of $8,889 after grants and scholarships.