Tabor College
Hillsboro, KS · private, nonprofit · 494 undergraduates
Tabor College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Tabor College listed 5 players on the men's tennis roster and 5 on the women's, both below their NAIA medians of 11 and 9. Tabor College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,024 per male athlete and $4,925 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 $1,236 per men's player, 29% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $989 per women's player, 48% below the NAIA median of $1,900.
Tabor College, in Hillsboro, KS, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Tabor College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 5 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. Tabor College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 7, by 29%.
Tabor College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 5 players in 2025, down from 6 in 2020. Tabor College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, in line with the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 4.8.
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 Tabor College fund its athletes?
Tabor College reported 467 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 285 men and 182 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,468,275 across all sports ($2,571,931 for men's sports, $896,344 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 $48,538 for men's sports and $38,337 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $170 and $211 per athlete.
What is Tabor College like academically?
Tabor College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 65% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $50,350 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,205 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 60% of the sticker price on average.
34% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 53% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $54,058, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Tabor College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 25% of degrees, followed by Parks, Recreation & Fitness (17%) and Psychology (15%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (25 degrees)
- Psychology, General (21 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (15 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (14 degrees)
- Biology, General (13 degrees)
- Marketing (10 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (10 degrees)
- Criminology (6 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (4 degrees)
- Design and Applied Arts (3 degrees)
What is Hillsboro, KS like to live in?
Tabor College sits in Hillsboro, a rural area of about 2,716 people in Marion County, Kansas.
The median household in Hillsboro earns about $57,792, which is below the Kansas median ($72,639) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $101,100, 50% below the Kansas median and a typical rent of $772 a month is 25% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 15 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 15% of workers walk.
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 35 is close to the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Tabor College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Tabor 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 Tabor College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Tabor College listed 5 players on the men's tennis roster and 5 on the women's, both below their NAIA medians of 11 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Tabor College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Tabor College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $9,024 per male athlete and $4,925 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 Tabor College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,236 per men's player, 29% below the NAIA median of $1,746, and $989 per women's player, 48% 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 Tabor College?
- Tabor College is in Hillsboro, KS, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does Tabor College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $50,350 a year, and an average net price of $20,205 after grants and scholarships.
