Towson University
Towson, MD · public · 16,136 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Towson University field?
Towson University, in Towson, MD, fields one tennis team, women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association[FB 6].
The latest Equity in Athletics filing lists 12 on the women's side in 2025.
Towson University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Coastal Athletic Association[FB 6] median of 8, by 50%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division I median. Towson University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 12 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 200%.
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 Towson University fund its athletes?
Towson University reported 543 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 250 men and 293 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $8,906,434, about $16,554 per male athlete and $16,273 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 $220,652 for men's sports and $171,737 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $883 and $586 per athlete.
What is Towson University like academically?
Towson University is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 82% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1095.
The full cost of attendance is around $28,535 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,413 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 39% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $11,728 for MD residents and $29,820 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
69% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 83% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $64,390, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Towson University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 15% of degrees, with Health Professions, Computer & Information Sciences and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (481 degrees)
- Psychology, General (421 degrees)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (315 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (294 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (288 degrees)
- Social Sciences, Other (231 degrees)
- Biology, General (218 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (196 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (189 degrees)
- Computer Science (167 degrees)
What is Towson, MD like to live in?
Towson University sits in Towson, a small city of about 58,000 people in Baltimore County, Maryland.
The median household in Towson earns about $100,481, which is about the Maryland median ($101,652) but far above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Maryland: a typical home is valued around $445,100, 12% above the state median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,784 a month.
Commutes average about 26 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 21% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.2 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
68% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Maryland average of 43%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Towson University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Towson University fields women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Coastal Athletic Association[FB 6]), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Towson University?
- Towson University is in Towson, MD, in the Mid East region of the United States.
- How much does Towson University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $28,535 a year, and an average net price of $17,413 after grants and scholarships.