Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, AR · public · 2,708 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus field?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus, in Magnolia, AR, 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 and the Great American Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 10 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2020 and as high as 15 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 10. That 2025 roster is in line with the NCAA Division II median of 10, and about the same distance from the national median. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, in line with the NCAA Division II median of 5.2.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. That 2025 roster is in line with the Great American Conference median of 9, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well below the Great American Conference median of 8.5, by 47%.
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 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus fund its athletes?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus reported 465 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 307 men and 158 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $2,013,276, about $3,980 per male athlete and $5,008 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 $12,027 for men's sports and $10,205 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $39 and $65 per athlete.
What is Southern Arkansas University Main Campus like academically?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 75% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1047.
The full cost of attendance is around $24,951 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $14,027 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 44% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $9,960 for AR residents and $15,690 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
48% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
49% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 66% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $42,386, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus?
Liberal Arts & Sciences is the largest field at 24% of degrees, followed by Education (15%) and Business, Management & Marketing (15%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business/Commerce, General (87 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (54 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (48 degrees)
- Biology, General (34 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (33 degrees)
- Physics (31 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (28 degrees)
- Agricultural Business and Management (28 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (25 degrees)
- Visual and Performing Arts, Other (24 degrees)
What is Magnolia, AR like to live in?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus sits in Magnolia, a remote town of about 11,000 people in Columbia County, Arkansas.
Household incomes in Magnolia, a median of about $42,188, sit far below the Arkansas median and likewise far below the national one, 46% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Arkansas, around $166,500 and a typical rent of $622 a month is 32% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
It reads as a college town: 15% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.3 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Arkansas average of 25%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus have a tennis program?
- Yes. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great American Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Southern Arkansas University Main Campus?
- Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is in Magnolia, AR, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $24,951 a year, and an average net price of $14,027 after grants and scholarships.