Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX · private, nonprofit · 1,440 undergraduates
Southwestern University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Southwestern University listed 15 players on the men's tennis roster, 25% above the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 9 on the women's, 10% below the NCAA Division III median of 10. Southwestern University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,004 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $3,339 per women's player, 87% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Southwestern University, in Georgetown, TX, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Southern Athletic Association and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Southwestern University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 12 players in 2020 to 15 in 2025. Southwestern University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.8 players per coach, well below the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 6.5, by 42%.
Southwestern University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. Southwestern University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 55%.
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 Southwestern University fund its athletes?
Southwestern University reported 476 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 305 men and 171 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $71,253 for men's sports and $31,274 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $234 and $183 per athlete.
What is Southwestern University like academically?
Southwestern University is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 43% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1241, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $67,493 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,224 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 57% of the sticker price on average.
73% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 81% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $56,878, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Southwestern University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (10%) and Social Sciences (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business/Commerce, General (60 degrees)
- Psychology, General (34 degrees)
- Biology, General (27 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (26 degrees)
- Education, General (22 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (21 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (20 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (18 degrees)
- History (17 degrees)
- Economics (16 degrees)
What is Georgetown, TX like to live in?
Southwestern University sits in Georgetown, a small city of about 79,000 people in Williamson County, Texas.
Household incomes in Georgetown, a median of about $91,857, sit above the Texas median and likewise above the national one, 17% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Texas: a typical home is valued around $398,600, 53% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,671 a month is 25% over the state figure.
Commutes average about 28 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 22% work from home.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 44 against 39, with 28% aged 65 or over.
47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Texas average of 33%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Southwestern University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Southwestern University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Southwestern University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Southwestern University listed 15 players on the men's tennis roster, 25% above the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 9 on the women's, 10% below the NCAA Division III median of 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Southwestern University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Southwestern University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Southwestern University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,004 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $3,339 per women's player, 87% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Southwestern University?
- Southwestern University is in Georgetown, TX, in the Southwest region of the United States.
- How much does Southwestern University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $67,493 a year, and an average net price of $29,224 after grants and scholarships.