West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV · private, nonprofit · 954 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does West Virginia Wesleyan College field?
West Virginia Wesleyan College, in Buckhannon, WV, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Mountain East Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 14 players against 12, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
West Virginia Wesleyan College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 14 players in 2025, down from 19 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well above the NCAA Division II median of 10, by 40%, and 17% above the Mountain East Conference median of 12. West Virginia Wesleyan College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division II median of 5.2, by 35%.
West Virginia Wesleyan College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Mountain East Conference median of 9, by 33%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. West Virginia Wesleyan College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
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 Wesleyan College fund its athletes?
West Virginia Wesleyan College reported 518 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 316 men and 202 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $2,308,920, about $4,020 per male athlete and $5,141 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 $35,949 for men's sports and $16,457 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $114 and $81 per athlete.
What is West Virginia Wesleyan College like academically?
West Virginia Wesleyan College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 93% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1052.
The full cost of attendance is around $48,190 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $18,083 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 62% of the sticker price on average.
57% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 67% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $51,593, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at West Virginia Wesleyan College?
Health Professions is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (13%) and Parks, Recreation & Fitness (10%).
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 (27 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (23 degrees)
- Biology, General (19 degrees)
- Psychology, General (18 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (16 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (12 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (11 degrees)
- Chemistry (9 degrees)
- Physics (7 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (7 degrees)
What is Buckhannon, WV like to live in?
West Virginia Wesleyan College sits in Buckhannon, a remote town of about 5,144 people in Upshur County, West Virginia.
The median household in Buckhannon earns about $48,720, which is below the West Virginia median ($57,917) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of West Virginia, around $152,000 and rents are typical for the state, about $800 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 13% of workers walk and 15% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.5 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does West Virginia Wesleyan College have a tennis program?
- Yes. West Virginia Wesleyan College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Mountain East Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Mountain East Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is West Virginia Wesleyan College?
- West Virginia Wesleyan College is in Buckhannon, WV, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does West Virginia Wesleyan College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $48,190 a year, and an average net price of $18,083 after grants and scholarships.