Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO · public · 4,378 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Northwest Missouri State University field?
Northwest Missouri State University, in Maryville, MO, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 10 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Northwest Missouri State University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. That 2025 roster is in line with the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of 11, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. Northwest Missouri State University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.3 players per coach, well below the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of 5.5, by 39%.
Northwest Missouri State University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. That 2025 roster is in line with the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of 9, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. Northwest Missouri State University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division II 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 Northwest Missouri State University fund its athletes?
Northwest Missouri State University reported 426 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 275 men and 151 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,552,156, about $7,199 per male athlete and $10,413 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 $105,719 for men's sports and $29,501 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $384 and $195 per athlete.
What is Northwest Missouri State University like academically?
Northwest Missouri State University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 86% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1119, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $24,945 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $16,244 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 35% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $10,611 for MO residents and $17,324 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
54% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 74% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $47,885, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Northwest Missouri State University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Education, is 18% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Agriculture 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 (131 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (95 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (86 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (77 degrees)
- Agricultural Business and Management (61 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (54 degrees)
- Marketing (48 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (43 degrees)
- Psychology, General (36 degrees)
- Biology, General (32 degrees)
What is Maryville, MO like to live in?
Northwest Missouri State University sits in Maryville, a remote town of about 11,000 people in Nodaway County, Missouri.
Household incomes in Maryville, a median of about $48,099, sit far below the Missouri median and likewise far below the national one, 39% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $178,900, 17% below the Missouri median and a typical rent of $780 a month is 22% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 11 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
It reads as a college town: 22% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.3 times the national share, and the median age of 25 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Northwest Missouri State University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Northwest Missouri State University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Northwest Missouri State University?
- Northwest Missouri State University is in Maryville, MO, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Northwest Missouri State University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $24,945 a year, and an average net price of $16,244 after grants and scholarships.