West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV · public · 17,385 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does West Virginia University field?
West Virginia University, in Morgantown, WV, fields one tennis team, women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
The latest Equity in Athletics filing lists 7 on the women's side in 2025.
West Virginia University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2020 and as high as 10 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 7. That 2025 roster is 22% below the NCAA Division I median of 9, and about the same distance from the Big 12 Conference median. West Virginia University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 42%.
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 West Virginia University fund its athletes?
West Virginia University reported 508 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 302 men and 206 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $10,985,346, about $21,898 per male athlete and $21,225 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 $1,774,645 for men's sports and $623,843 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $5,876 and $3,028 per athlete.
What is West Virginia University like academically?
West Virginia University is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 89% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1122, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $26,415 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $15,634 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 41% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $10,104 for WV residents and $28,608 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
65% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 83% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $55,939, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at West Virginia University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 17% of degrees, with Engineering, Health Professions and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (223 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (200 degrees)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (191 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (182 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (167 degrees)
- Criminology (152 degrees)
- Journalism (150 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (150 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (149 degrees)
- Psychology, General (149 degrees)
What is Morgantown, WV like to live in?
West Virginia University sits in Morgantown, a small city of about 30,000 people in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Household incomes in Morgantown, a median of about $42,245, sit far below the West Virginia median and likewise far below the national one, 46% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of West Virginia: a typical home is valued around $238,200, 53% above the state median and rents are typical for the state, about $888 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 12% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 24% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.7 times the national share, and the median age of 24 is younger than the country's 39.
58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the West Virginia average of 23%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does West Virginia University have a tennis program?
- Yes. West Virginia University fields women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is West Virginia University?
- West Virginia University is in Morgantown, WV, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does West Virginia University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $26,415 a year, and an average net price of $15,634 after grants and scholarships.