Sterling College
Sterling, KS · private, nonprofit · 538 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Sterling College field?
Sterling College, in Sterling, KS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 14 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Sterling College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 14 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 10, by 40%, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Sterling College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, in line with the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 6.5.
Sterling College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 11% below the NAIA median of 9, and in line with the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 8. Sterling College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 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 Sterling College fund its athletes?
Sterling College reported 380 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 254 men and 126 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $5,443,867, about $18,121 per male athlete and $6,676 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 $6,783 for men's sports and $3,888 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $27 and $31 per athlete.
What is Sterling College like academically?
Sterling College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,185 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,371 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
41% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 50% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $45,846, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Sterling College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 20% of degrees, followed by Education (14%) and Parks, Recreation & Fitness (11%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (18 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (16 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (13 degrees)
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (12 degrees)
- Psychology, General (10 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (9 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (7 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (7 degrees)
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (6 degrees)
- Biology, General (5 degrees)
What is Sterling, KS like to live in?
Sterling College sits in Sterling, a rural area of about 2,396 people in Rice County, Kansas.
Household incomes in Sterling, a median of about $51,304, sit far below the Kansas median and likewise far below the national one, 35% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $130,200, 36% below the Kansas median and a typical rent of $618 a month is 40% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 16% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.1 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Sterling College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Sterling College fields men's tennis (NAIA, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Sterling College?
- Sterling College is in Sterling, KS, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Sterling College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,185 a year, and an average net price of $22,371 after grants and scholarships.