Sterling College
Sterling, KS · private, nonprofit · 538 undergraduates
Sterling College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Sterling College listed 14 players on the men's tennis roster, 27% above the NAIA median of 11, and 8 on the women's, 11% below the NAIA median of 9. Sterling College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $18,121 per male athlete and $6,676 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 $838 per men's player, 52% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $838 per women's player, 56% below the NAIA median of $1,900.
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.
Sterling College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 14 in 2025. 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. 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 across all sports ($4,602,648 for men's sports, $841,219 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 $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.
- How many players are on the Sterling College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Sterling College listed 14 players on the men's tennis roster, 27% above the NAIA median of 11, and 8 on the women's, 11% below the NAIA 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 Sterling College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Sterling College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $18,121 per male athlete and $6,676 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 Sterling College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $838 per men's player, 52% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $838 per women's player, 56% below the NAIA median of $1,900. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- 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.