Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, TX · public · 8,877 undergraduates
Prairie View A & M University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Prairie View A & M University listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and 9 on the women's, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Prairie View A & M University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $8,196 per male athlete and $6,979 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 $2,927 per men's player, 72% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $3,903 per women's player, 62% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Prairie View A & M University, in Prairie View, TX, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Prairie View A & M University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 6 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. Prairie View A & M University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 33%.
Prairie View A & M University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. Prairie View A & M University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, 13% above the NCAA Division I 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 Prairie View A & M University fund its athletes?
Prairie View A & M University reported 461 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 275 men and 186 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,551,940 across all sports ($2,253,792 for men's sports, $1,298,148 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 $34,742 for men's sports and $39,780 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $126 and $214 per athlete.
What is Prairie View A & M University like academically?
Prairie View A & M University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 79% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 980.
The full cost of attendance is around $26,362 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $13,570 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 49% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $11,299 for TX residents and $26,874 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
66% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
43% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 76% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $45,411, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Prairie View A & M University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Health Professions, is 15% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Parks, Recreation & Fitness and others close behind.
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 (146 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (129 degrees)
- Psychology, General (121 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (107 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (100 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (70 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (67 degrees)
- Biology, General (65 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (57 degrees)
- Chemical Engineering (50 degrees)
What is Prairie View, TX like to live in?
Prairie View A & M University sits in Prairie View, a rural area of about 8,220 people in Waller County, Texas.
Household incomes in Prairie View, a median of about $19,106, sit far below the Texas median and likewise far below the national one, 76% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $171,900, 34% below the Texas median and a typical rent of $837 a month is 37% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 10% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 43% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 6.7 times the national share, and the median age of 21 is younger than the country's 39.
43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Texas average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Prairie View A & M University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Prairie View A & M University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Southwestern Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Southwestern Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Prairie View A & M University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Prairie View A & M University listed 12 players on the men's tennis roster, 20% 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 Prairie View A & M University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Prairie View A & M University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $8,196 per male athlete and $6,979 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 Prairie View A & M University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,927 per men's player, 72% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $3,903 per women's player, 62% below 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 Prairie View A & M University?
- Prairie View A & M University is in Prairie View, TX, in the Southwest region of the United States.
- How much does Prairie View A & M University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $26,362 a year, and an average net price of $13,570 after grants and scholarships.