Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA · public · 5,519 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Southern University and A & M College field?
Southern University and A & M College, in Baton Rouge, LA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
The women's roster is the larger of the two, 8 players against 6, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Southern University and A & M College's men's tennis roster has grown over a year, from 4 players in 2024 to 6 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well below the NCAA Division I median of 10, by 40%, and 14% below the Southwestern Athletic Conference median of 7. Southern University and A & M College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing 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%.
Southern University and A & M College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 14% above the Southwestern Athletic Conference median of 7, and 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 9. Southern University and A & M College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 100%.
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 University and A & M College fund its athletes?
Southern University and A & M College reported 384 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 236 men and 148 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,596,156, about $9,150 per male athlete and $9,707 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 $14,794 for men's sports and $4,727 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $63 and $32 per athlete.
What is Southern University and A & M College like academically?
Southern University and A & M College is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 35% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 942.
The full cost of attendance is around $26,341 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,077 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 24% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $9,922 for LA residents and $17,272 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
68% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
27% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 60% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $43,371, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Southern University and A & M College?
Health Professions is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (14%) and Homeland Security & Law Enforcement (11%).
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 (96 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (73 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (46 degrees)
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (35 degrees)
- Social Work (31 degrees)
- Psychology, General (30 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (26 degrees)
- Computer Science (26 degrees)
- Biology, General (24 degrees)
- Agriculture, General (22 degrees)
What is Baton Rouge, LA like to live in?
Southern University and A & M College sits in Baton Rouge, a mid-sized city of about 224,000 people in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
The median household in Baton Rouge earns about $49,944, which is below the Louisiana median ($60,023) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Louisiana, around $224,500 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,044 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 21 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.0 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.
36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Louisiana average of 27%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Southern University and A & M College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Southern University and A & M College 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.
- Where is Southern University and A & M College?
- Southern University and A & M College is in Baton Rouge, LA, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Southern University and A & M College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $26,341 a year, and an average net price of $20,077 after grants and scholarships.