William Jewell College
Liberty, MO · private, nonprofit · 924 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does William Jewell College field?
William Jewell College, in Liberty, MO, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 14 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
William Jewell College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 14 in 2025. That 2025 roster is well above the Great Lakes Valley Conference median of 9, by 56%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. William Jewell College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 14 players per coach, well above the Great Lakes Valley Conference median of 3.8, by 265%.
William Jewell College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 11% below the NCAA Division II median of 9, and in line with the Great Lakes Valley Conference median of 8. William Jewell College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the Great Lakes Valley Conference median of 4, by 100%.
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 William Jewell College fund its athletes?
William Jewell College reported 576 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 361 men and 215 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,591,042, about $7,969 per male athlete and $7,974 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 $6,603 for men's sports and $5,723 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $18 and $27 per athlete.
What is William Jewell College like academically?
William Jewell College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 38% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1095.
The full cost of attendance is around $35,785 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,562 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 51% of the sticker price on average.
68% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 74% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $59,268, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at William Jewell College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 25% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (12%) and Psychology (11%).
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 (67 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (46 degrees)
- Psychology, General (15 degrees)
- Civil Engineering (9 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (8 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (8 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (8 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (8 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (7 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (6 degrees)
What is Liberty, MO like to live in?
William Jewell College sits in Liberty, a suburb of a large city of about 30,000 people in Clay County, Missouri.
The median household in Liberty earns about $95,425, which is far above the Missouri median ($68,920) but above the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Missouri: a typical home is valued around $267,900, 24% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,164 a month is 17% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 37, with 26% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Missouri average of 32%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does William Jewell College have a tennis program?
- Yes. William Jewell College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is William Jewell College?
- William Jewell College is in Liberty, MO, in the Plains region of the United States.
- How much does William Jewell College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $35,785 a year, and an average net price of $17,562 after grants and scholarships.