Does Northwestern College have a tennis program?

Yes. Northwestern College fields men's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.

Where is Northwestern College?

Northwestern College is in Orange City, IA, in the Plains region of the United States.

How much does Northwestern College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $49,783 a year, and an average net price of $25,907 after grants and scholarships.

Northwestern College

Orange City, IA · private, nonprofit · 1,175 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Northwestern College field?

Northwestern College, in Orange City, IA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

The women's roster is the larger of the two, 14 players against 11, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Northwestern College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025. That 2025 roster is in line with the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 11, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Northwestern College 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 Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5.8, by 91%.

Northwestern College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 14 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the NAIA median of 9, by 56%, and about the same distance from the Great Plains Athletic Conference median. Northwestern College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 14 players per coach, well above the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5, by 180%.

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 Northwestern College fund its athletes?

Northwestern College reported 618 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 399 men and 219 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.

Athletically related student aid came to $3,875,901, about $6,737 per male athlete and $5,425 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 $19,658 for men's sports and $7,909 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $49 and $36 per athlete.

What is Northwestern College like academically?

Northwestern College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 80% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

The full cost of attendance is around $49,783 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $25,907 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 48% of the sticker price on average.

66% 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 $49,802, above the median of $40,747.

What can you study at Northwestern College?

Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 24% of degrees, followed by Education (20%) and Health Professions (12%).

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 (49 degrees)
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (28 degrees)
Business Administration, Management and Operations (27 degrees)
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (26 degrees)
Accounting and Related Services (16 degrees)
Biology, General (14 degrees)
Social Work (8 degrees)
Psychology, General (8 degrees)
Political Science and Government (7 degrees)
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (7 degrees)

What is Orange City, IA like to live in?

Northwestern College sits in Orange City, a town well outside any metro area of about 6,312 people in Sioux County, Iowa.

The median household in Orange City earns about $81,667, which is above the Iowa median ($73,147) but about the national median ($78,538).

Housing costs more here than in most of Iowa: a typical home is valued around $245,300, 25% above the state median and a typical rent of $815 a month is 14% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 10 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk and 17% work from home.

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 32 is younger than the country's 39.

43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Iowa average of 31%.

Frequently asked questions

Does Northwestern College have a tennis program?: Yes. Northwestern College fields men's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Great Plains Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where is Northwestern College?: Northwestern College is in Orange City, IA, in the Plains region of the United States.
How much does Northwestern College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $49,783 a year, and an average net price of $25,907 after grants and scholarships.