Wingate University
Wingate, NC · private, nonprofit · 2,668 undergraduates
Wingate University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Wingate University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 7 on the women's, 22% below the NCAA Division II median of 9. Wingate University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,165 per male athlete and $10,994 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 $3,428 per men's player, 42% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,795 per women's player, 45% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Wingate University, in Wingate, NC, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the South Atlantic Conference.
Wingate University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2024 and as high as 12 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 11. Wingate University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, in line with the NCAA Division II median of 5.2.
Wingate University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Wingate University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the South Atlantic Conference median of 5, by 30%.
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 Wingate University fund its athletes?
Wingate University reported 808 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 496 men and 312 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,983,804 across all sports ($3,553,689 for men's sports, $3,430,115 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 $35,339 for men's sports and $24,993 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $71 and $80 per athlete.
What is Wingate University like academically?
Wingate University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 91% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1111, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $57,473 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,748 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 64% of the sticker price on average.
44% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
46% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 70% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,649, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Wingate University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Parks, Recreation & Fitness (16%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (13%).
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 (69 degrees)
- Biology, General (64 degrees)
- Psychology, General (52 degrees)
- Human Services, General (36 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (33 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (26 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (25 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (22 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (21 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (20 degrees)
What is Wingate, NC like to live in?
Wingate University sits in Wingate, a suburb of a large city of about 4,169 people in Union County, North Carolina.
The median household in Wingate earns about $65,208, which is about the North Carolina median ($69,904) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $217,700, 16% below the North Carolina median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,050 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 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: 25% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.8 times the national share, and the median age of 22 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Wingate University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Wingate University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, South Atlantic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, South Atlantic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Wingate University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Wingate University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, 10% above the NCAA Division II median of 10, and 7 on the women's, 22% below the NCAA Division II median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Wingate University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Wingate University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,165 per male athlete and $10,994 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 Wingate University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $3,428 per men's player, 42% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,795 per women's player, 45% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Wingate University?
- Wingate University is in Wingate, NC, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Wingate University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $57,473 a year, and an average net price of $20,748 after grants and scholarships.